The Essence of Islam – Volume I

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Page 392 of 543

The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 392

392. Essence of Islam-1 fact, and no one can put forward an argument in support of the true doctrine which the Holy Qur'an has not put forward. The Holy Qur'an at many places loudly claims perfect comprehensiveness for itself . . . . . The second door of Divine understanding which the Holy. Qur'an has opened wide, is intellectual fine points which on account of their extraordinary nature could be called intellectual miracles. They are of many types. First, the knowledge of the insights of the faith, that is to say, all high insights in the matter of faith and all its holy verities and all the fine points of the knowledge of the Divine which are needed in this world for the perfection of the soul are fully set out in the Holy Qur'ān; so also, all the illnesses of the self that incite to sin and its passions and all the remedies and requirements that are needed and all the ways of the purification of the soul and all the signs and characteristics and essentials and high moral qualities are fully dealt with. No one can set forth a verity or. Divine point or a way of reaching God or a rare or holy discipline or form of Divine worship which is not mentioned in the Qur'ān. Secondly, there is knowledge of the qualities of the soul and of psychology which is found in such a comprehensive way in this miraculous Word that those who reflect can appreciate that this is not the work of any except the All-Powerful. Thirdly, there is the knowledge of the beginning, of the hereafter, and other hidden matters which are an essential part of the word of the Knower of the hidden, which comforts the hearts and proves the knowledge of the hidden possessed by the AllPowerful God. This knowledge is found in such detail and abundance in the Holy Qur'ān that no other book can compare with it in this respect. Besides this, the Holy. Qur'an has also pressed into the service of the faith