Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 293
SuB-Footnote Number Three 293 discussion. And to mention such useless matters, vis-à-vis the Holy Quran, is uncalled for and an unnecessary headache. True eloquence, which the Holy Quran presents, belongs to another world and has nothing to do with frivolous matters. On the contrary, it [the Holy Quran] has compressed the boundless ocean of wisdom and insight into the most succinct, most logical, and well-grounded assertions that are in full accord with the norms of eloquence and rhetoric. And it has, by virtue of the fact that it comprehends all subtle points pertaining to the Divine, attained such perfection as is impossible for human powers to attain. But what can I say, write, or pen about the Vedas! Instead of truth and insight, they comprise all types of matters pertaining to misguidance. What made hundreds of millions of God’s servants incline towards creature-worship? The Vedas did. What made the A ryah people worship hundreds of deities? The Vedas did. Is there any shurt i in them which clearly and openly forbids creature-worship, the worship of the sun and the moon, etc. , and regards as objectionable all those shurt i s which contain [the teachings of ] creature-worship? There is none. Then how can they possess the eloquence that depends on the light of truth and wisdom! Can we label as ‘eloquent’ such writings that—although their true objective, it is claimed, is to eradicate idola- try and to establish Tau hi d— like the dumb, they have remained inca- pable of proving this claim. Every wise person knows that of all the qualities of eloquence the most necessary one is that the matter that needs to be clearly stated should be stated explicitly in such a way that should satisfy a seeker after truth. And everyone knows that only such an individual can be called ‘eloquent’ who can articulate what he intends to say in such an excellent manner as completely describes what is in his mind. Had the A ryah people claimed that the real objective of the Vedas is to teach creature-worship, then, perhaps, it could be supposed that they did not entirely fall short of such a level of elo- quence. For, though the Vedas have not given any proof of creature-worship according to the standard of true eloquence, and have, thus, failed to prove it, they have openly expressed through clear