Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 100
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 100 Fifth Objection: Some Brahm u Sam a jists object that if perfect cognition depends upon the Quran, then why did God not cause it to spread in all countries and in all civilizations, ancient and modern, and why did He deprive millions of His creatures of His perfect cognition and of the true faith. Answer: This objection is the result of short-sightedness, for it has been made abundantly clear that perfect certainty and perfect cogni- tion are not possible through reason alone. Rather, this magnificent level of certainty and perfect knowledge comes only from the kind of revelation that is perfect and peerless in its nature and effect, and whose peerless nature serves as a clear proof of its origin from Allah. I have also proven in this book that the only peerless book of this kind in the world is the Holy Quran—and none else. This being the case, the straight path for the seeker after truth is that he should either refute my arguments and show that reason alone can lead man to perfect certainty, and true and certain cognition in matters of the Hereafter; or, failing to do so, should admit the truth- fulness of the Holy Quran, which leads to the stage of perfect cogni- tion. If he is unwilling to accept this, then let him cite another book like it, which contains all its exclusive excellences, so that it is proved that even though a revealed book is desperately needed for reaching the stages of perfect certainty and cognition, yet such a book is not found in the world. However, if a disputant is unable to counter any of these arguments and is reduced to silence, he should judge for himself how far removed from honesty and integrity it is to present baseless conjectures in response to a truth that has been well-established with such irrefutable proofs that he cannot counter or disprove its arguments. It is a uni- versal truth that until a fact, which has been proven with irrefutable proofs, is countered with solid arguments, it stands as a proven fact and cannot be falsified merely by ill-founded premises. Can a house whose