The Essence of Islam – Volume I

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Page 479 of 543

The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 479

The Holy Qur'ān 286 إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وَ إِنَّا لَه تَحْفِظُونَ 479 (Surah al-Hijr, Part Number: 14). We Ourself have sent down this Admonition and We shall continue to be its Guardian. . The truth of this prophecy has been demonstrated over 1,300 years. So far, no pagan teaching has found its way into the Holy Qur'ān, as it had into previous revealed. Books. Nor can reason imagine any such contingency. . Millions of Muslims have learned the Holy Qur'ān by heart, and thousands of commentaries safeguard its meaning. Its verses are recited in Prayer Services five times a day, and it is read every day. It is being published in all countries in millions of copies, and its teaching being known to every people are factors on the basis of which reason decides that in future any change or perversion in the text of the Holy Qur'an is beyond the range of possibility. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 1, pp. 100-102, footnote 9]. Critique of Brahmū Samāj Answered. It is objected that all the verities of Divine knowledge cannot be comprehended in any one Book, then how can it be expected that imperfect books can guide a person to complete understanding?. The answer is that this objection would be worthy of attention if one of the Brahmū Samājists were to put forward on the basis of his reason some new verity relating to the recognition of God or other such matter which is not mentioned in the Holy Qur'ān. In such case the. Brahmū Samājists could claim with pride that all the 286 al-Hijr, 15:10 [Publisher]