Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 174
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 174 of millions who were unanimous in their determination to destroy and annihilate them. But now look around the entire globe at how God has spread the same few weak people in the world, and how He bestowed on them power, wealth, and kingdom, and how they were bestowed the crowns and thrones that had been occupied by others for thousands of years. There was a time when the numbers of this community did not exceed an average household and now they are counted in millions. God Almighty had said that He would Himself safeguard His Word. Now, see for yourself. Is it not true that the very teaching that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, conveyed from God Almighty through His Word is still safeguarded in His Word and ever since the beginning there have always been hundreds of thousands of people who have committed the Holy Quran to memory. God had said that no one would be able to match His Book in wisdom, enlightenment, eloquence, lucidity, and comprehensive understanding of the divine verities, and in setting forth religious arguments. You can see that no one could ever face this challenge. And if there is anyone who disagrees, let him come forward now and produce its match, and let him produce from any other book the equal of the verities, fine points, and wonders of the Holy Quran— which are beyond the scope of human powers—that I have set forth in this book along with the announcement of a reward of ten thou- sand rupees. So long as he fails to do so, he would remain convicted by the plain verdict of God. God had promised that He would take the land of Syria 1 out of the possession of the Christians and would bestow it upon the Muslims. Look now and you will find the Muslims have continuously remained its inheritors. All these tidings are accompanied by power and might of Divinity. They are not merely like the predictions of the astrologers that there would be earthquakes, famines, assaults of nations against nations, 1. See footnote on page 169. [Publisher]