The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 359
The Holy Qur'ān 359. The fine verities pertaining to religion, and all the learning pertaining to the subject of Divinity, and conclusive arguments in support of the truth together with the mysteries and insights that are set out in the Holy Qur'ān, are such that human faculties collectively are not able to discover them nor can the intelligence of an intelligent person alight on them on its own. A consideration of past ages has shown that no philosopher or wise man was able to discover all that knowledge. But in this case, there is a wonder upon wonders, that is to say, that knowledge and insight were bestowed upon one who was entirely unlearned. He had never seen a school nor read a book nor kept company with any learned or wise person. He lived his life among wild people, was born and brought up among them and kept company with them. The Holy. Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] being unlettered is a matter so patent that no historian of Islām is unaware of it. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in Vol. 1, pp. 561-563]. Matchlessness of the Holy Qur'ān. Whatever comes into being by the exercise of God's perfect power, whether it is a part of creation, or it is a Holy. Book literally revealed by Him, it is necessary that it should possess the quality that no one out of creation should have the power to produce its like. This is proved in two ways; one is by way of deduction. God is One and without associate in His Being, attributes and works, and this does not admit of any partnership with Him in any of. His creations, words or actions. If such partnership were permissible in respect of any of His creations, words or actions, then it would be permissible in all His attributes and actions, and as such it would be permissible that