Favours of the Gracious God — Page 149
149 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS Al-Baqarah is that He said: َ َْسْمَاء اَّل عَلَّم َ اٰدَمَ ا 1. The teaching of names proves several things: Firstly, that Allah the Exalted has taught words by means of musammay a t and by musammay a t is meant all that which can be indicated through gestures, whether they are verbs or names of creatures. Secondly, the properties of things and their hidden qualities were taught by Him in Arabic—the most clear language. And if you were to argue that grammarians only use the word اسم [ Ism : noun] to include those words that have meanings and are associated with any of the three tenses; the answer is that this is only a demarcation in terminology artificially created by grammarians; and if we look realistically we will see this terminology to be meaningless. Thus, you ought to reflect like those who possess insight. And if someone were to contend that it is a commonly held belief among the Muslim Ummah that [by names is meant that] Allah taught Adam all the various languages; that he spoke every tongue whether it be Arabic, Persian, 1 “ He taught Adam all the names”. S u rah Al-Baqarah 2:32 [Publisher]