Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 332
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 332 darkness. From this, a wise person can readily discern which scripture is fluent, eloquent, and forceful in expression, and which book is devoid of eloquent and fluent discourse. When any pure-hearted and just person studies the text of the Vedas and the Holy Quran for comparison, he will see at once that the text of the Vedas is so immature and incomplete that it creates var- ious kinds of doubts in the mind of the reader, and causes all manner of uncertainties regarding Almighty God. Nowhere does it forcefully articulate its claims nor substantiate them with evidence. In fact, it is hard to understand what its claim is. The most one can gather is that it wishes people to worship Agni and the sun and Indra, etc. , but does not advance any argument or proof as to how and when these elements earned the status of Godhood. In addition to this vagueness, the four Vedas have been written in such a long-winded and verbose manner that only a very hard-working person, who also happens to live long, might be able to study them. On the contrary, when a just person reads the Holy Quran, he will immediately find that the Holy Quran has accomplished such a marvel in brevity of expression—an essential requirement of eloquence—that, despite comprising all essentials of the Faith and completely satisfying all proofs and arguments, it is so small in size that a person can easily read it in a few hours from beginning to end. Look! What a great miracle the Holy Quran’s eloquence is in that it encapsulates a raging ocean of knowledge within three or four juzw’ and encompasses an entire universe of wisdom within a few pages. Has anyone ever seen or heard of a book of such small size that contains eternal truths for all times? Can the intellect of any wise man assign to any man the grand status of capturing an ocean of wisdom in a few words wherein no truth pertaining to religious knowledge is left out? These are real and true facts that I am writing; whoever denies them should come forward for a contest against me. Here it should also be borne in mind that Vedic discourses are devoid of another crucial characteristic that is essential and indispensable for