Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 16
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 16 Second Preliminary Point The arguments that serve as external evidence in support of the divine origin and superiority of the Holy Quran are of four types: first, those proofs that are derived from matters that need to be reformed; sec- ond, those that are derived from matters that need to be perfected; third, those that are derived from matters that manifest the power of God; and fourth, those that are derived from matters relating to the unseen. However, the arguments that constitute the internal evidence of the divine origin and superiority of the Holy Quran are all derived from matters manifesting the power of God. The explanation of the above types is as follows: Matters that Need to be Reformed refer to matters such as disbelief, infidelity, idolatry and sinful conduct, which people have adopted in place of true doctrines and righteous actions, and which may have become so widespread in the world that eternal divine favour should address itself to their reform. Matters that Need to be Perfected relate to the teachings which are found in defective condition in revealed books, and whose defective- ness and incompleteness are manifested upon comparison with perfect teachings, and which are therefore in need of a revealed book to raise them to the level of perfection. Matters that Manifest the Power of God are of two kinds: 1. External evidence: These refer to things that are created by God without any human plan- ning and that invest every insignificant particle with such majesty, dig- nity and greatness as is impossible according to reason, and of which no parallel is to be found on the face of the earth.