Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 287
SuB-Footnote Number Three 287 اْوُنَمٰا َو اوُلِمَع ِتٰحِلّٰصلا َو اوُرَكَذ َهّٰللا اًرْيِثَك َّو اْوُرَصَتْنا ْۢنِم ِدْعَب اَم اْوُمِلُظ١ؕ َو ُمَلْعَيَس َنْيِذَّلا اْۤوُمَلَظ َّيَا 1 Part Number 19 ٍبَلَقْنُم َنْوُبِلَقْنَّي— Meaning that, Only those who have abandoned the path of truth and wisdom follow the poets. Do you not see that poets are the people who roam about in every wilderness in search of their poetic rhyme, metres, and themes. They do not stand firm upon words of truth, nor practise what they say. So, the transgressors—who liken the Divine Word to the words of poets—will soon know to what place of return they will end up returning. Let sensible people reflect: Can there be anything more unfair and unjust than to compare pure truth with absolute absurdity, or to equate darkness with light? Can such books—which have become so tarnished with the stain of frivolous talk, the marks of falsehood, and preposter- ous babbling as to be hated and despised by every person with a pure heart—have any relationship with this Holy Book? Can such books, the subject matter of which is as contaminated as the blood of a leper, be considered similar to these Holy Scriptures? No, never! Prejudice is indeed a terrible affliction that spares neither intellect nor understand- ing, and neither the power of hearing nor seeing is safe from it. But one must at least consider that if someone unjustly equates two things that have nothing in common, the ultimate result is that the knowl- edgeable start considering him mad or insane. O Christian gentlemen! Do not follow in the footsteps of the Hindus. Even at the time of the Holy Quran’s revelation, there were many good-natured priests among you who could not restrain their tears upon hearing the recitation of the Holy Quran. Remember those revered savants whose testimonies are recorded in the Holy Quran and who, upon hearing the Glorious Quran, would weep, while prostrating with their chins on the ground. It was the magnificent glory of the Quran that made them recite the Kalimah and caused them to admit the superiority of the Holy Quran 1. S u rah ash-Shu‘ar a ’, 26:225–228 [Publisher]