Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 288
288 AHMADIYY AT months. Even during such periods he did not lay aside his work altogether. His magnum opus was a detailed commen- tary on the Holy Quran which he called T afseer Kabeer (The Great Commentary). It is a most valuable exposition of the numberless verities comprised in the Holy Quran and is a great milestone in the history of the exegesis of the Holy Quran. It has drawn superlative encomiums from scholars of the Holy Quran. For months at a time his working hours, while he was engaged upon this compilation, stretched to seventeen or eighteen every day. The work extended over a number of years and the result was several volumes of monu- mental proportions setting forth the wisdom and the philoso- phy underlying every verse of the Holy Quran, which will not be matched for a long time to come. The truth is that the Holy Quran is an inexhaustible treasury of wisdom and truth. In every age it yields, under divine instruction, as much as is needed for the guidance of mankind in that age. While the verities that are comprehended in the Holy Quran' are basic and fundamental and not subject to change, they are many-faceted, and these facets are illuminated and shine forth in galaxies from age to age. At no time, therefore, can it be said that the last word in the exposition of the wisdom and the philosophy of the Holy Quran' has been pronounced.