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Someone remarked to Umar al-Khattab, a rabbi. He remarked to Umar al-Khattab. He said that

O Amir al-Mutminin, if we the Jews had such a verse in our books,

we would have taken the day of its revelation as a day of festivities. Umar said,

what verse are you talking about? He then quoted this verse of Surat Al-Mahidah.

Al-Yawma-Akma-Tula-Kumdina-Kumtuday. I have perfected your religion for you. Today,

I have completed my favors upon you and I have approved of and chosen Islam as your religion,

as your way of life. So this verse was revealed during the farewell pilgrimage. It is said in the books

of Tafseer of history that when this verse came down, our prophet, the Somazanic camel,

it was so heavy that the camel, which can take so many, so many people, three, four, five people,

can go on a camel. The camel had to sit down because of the weight of the revelation of this verse.

So this verse was an auspicious verse. It was a magnificent verse and a Jewish person remarked to Umar,

how fortunate you are that you have this verse in your book. Today, I have perfected your religion

for you. We have a perfect religion. That which is perfect does not need to be tinkered with. That

which is perfect. We don't tamper with it. There is no, you know, a lot of people outside the faith

they say, when will Islam undergo its reformation? As if we have to undergo the ways of others. No,

there is no need for a radical reformation. Yes, it is true. The Sharia comes with internal

fine-tuning mechanisms and I've spoken about this in many lectures. But overall, al-Yam al-Kumdina,

the religion is camel. The religion is full and it is absolutely complete and it is perfect and

that which is perfect does not need to be updated and changed. True, the interpretations of scholars,

a lot of times, needs to be updated and changed, but not the religion itself. And so this is a very

clear verse in that regard.

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