Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 118
118 BAr a h i n-e-a h madiyya the power of speech was lost after the revelation of the Vedas and Parmeshwar became permanently incapable of communicating with or sending revelations to his creatures. ☆ Such are the beliefs ☆ At this stage, someone might think that as the Muslims believe that revelation started with Hadrat Adam and ended with the h oly Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, it proves that the revelation ceased for all times to come after the advent of Hadrat Kh a tamul-Anbiy a ’ [the Seal of the Prophets]. Be it clear that we do not believe, like the h indus, that God had only so many words to reveal and has now run out of revelations. According to Islam, God’s words, h is knowledge and h is wisdom are boundless, just as h is own Being is boundless. Allah the Almighty says h imself [in the h oly Quran]: That is: if the oceans were to be made into ink for writing the words of God, surely, the ocean would be exhausted, but the words of my Lord would not suffer any decrease even though other similar oceans were brought as further help. ( S u rah al-Kahf , Part no. 16) ‡ The question remains: in what sense do we consider divine revela- tion to have ceased after the h oly Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. God’s words are limitless—that goes without saying—but the evils that beset the world, or the needs that divine rev- elation fulfils, are not limitless. Therefore, God only sends down h is words to the extent that they are required for the reformation of man and fulfilment of his needs. Now, when we look at the age in which the h oly Quran was revealed, we find that mankind stood in need of every kind of guidance because all human affairs, whether related to ethics and morals, or doctrine and practice, had deteriorated, and every kind of excess and corruption had become rampant. Therefore, the teachings of the Quran were revealed at the highest point of per- fection. c onsequently and in this sense, the teachings of the h oly Quran are established to be final and perfect. All past scriptures are Footnote Number 9 ‡ S u rah al-Kahf, 18:110 [Publishers]