Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 186
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 186 themselves were afflicted with hundreds of unholy doctrines. As the priest Davenport has recorded, the Christians in fact adopted the doc- trine of the Trinity from Plato, and built a false structure on the false foundation laid by this foolish Greek. In short, true and perfect revelation of God is not the enemy of reason; rather, defective reason is the enemy of the pseudo-intellectu- als. It is obvious, for instance, that an antidote is not in itself harmful for the human body, but if a short-sighted person mistakes poison for an antidote, it is the fault of his understanding and not of the antidote. So it should be borne in mind that it is absurd to think that recourse to a revealed book for investigating everything is dangerous. As I have stated, revelation is a mirror reflecting the truth for the benefit of rea- son. The greatest testimony to its truth is that it is wholly free from matters, the impossibility of which is established after pondering over God’s Omnipotence, Perfection, and Holiness. In fact, it is the only leader and guide for the frail human intellect in the minute and subtle matters of religious knowledge. Thus, it is obvious that to have recourse to it does not render reason useless; rather, it helps reason to fathom the hidden secrets that were very difficult for reason to reach on its own. Therefore, reason derives great advantage and benefit from the True Revelation, namely, the Holy Quran, and suffers no harm or loss therefrom. And through revelation, reason is safeguarded against dan- gers and does not fall into them. Every wise person knows it for a fact—rather, regards it an obvi- ous truth—that there is a possibility of fault or error in research that is based on reason alone, whereas there is no possibility of fault or error in the Word of the Knower of the unseen. Now be the judge and ask yourself: Is it good or bad for that which is sometimes confronted with the possibility of stumbling badly, that it should be furnished with a companion which should safeguard it against slipping and support it where it loses its foothold. Would such a companion help to lead it to its utmost purpose, or would it be a hindrance to attain the utmost purpose. What kind of inner blindness it is to regard a helper as an