The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 119
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 119. Unity of God and in what a wonderful manner its splendid teachings routed out the habits and customs of hundreds of years standing, which had become like second nature, from the hearts of people. Wiping out their lower passions fromf their hearts, it gave them the opportunity to drink deep of the Unity of God. This happened in the case of millions. It is the Holy Qur'ān which, by displaying its effectiveness and producing good and lasting results by the evidence of its matchless power, compelled its enemies to confess its peerless excellencies. Even those who were confirmed in their disbelief were so deeply affected that they involuntarily confessed: إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِين 29 (Part Number 23). It is the Holy Qur'ān whose attraction overcame confirmed habits and so pulled the hearts to God that millions of God's creatures set the seal of their blood on the. Unity of God. In this manner from the beginning it is revelation that has proved the guide and which has fostered human reason. Otherwise, great philosophers and wise men have found it difficult, even impossible, to discover the details of metaphysics. Those who are not equipped with normal reason, and have not had available to them the means of making efforts in that direction, have remained without any knowledge of these matters. . The facilities which God's true and perfect revelation― that is to say, the Holy Qur'an-has furnished to reason, and the confusion from which it has delivered reflection and observation are facts for which every wise person 29. . This is nothing but clear magic. '-Al-Saba', 34:44 [Publisher]