Favours of the Gracious God — Page 159
159 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS And among its wonders is that this was the tongue of the illiterate, who would not have polished it like the scholars. They did not possess the philosophy of the Greeks, nor did they have the arts of the Indians or the Chinese. Despite this we find it the most eloquent tongue for expressing the fine ideas of the wise and portraying the countenance of every opinion, as if this language paints a picture of thoughts in the way the image of an embryo is taken in the womb. And among its excellences is that it has never extended its hand towards others asking for something, and no philosopher or scholar has adorned it, and there is no one who has bestowed any favour upon it except the Omnipotent One. It is He Who perfected it with His own hand and protected it from every evil eye and guarded it from the causes of fatigue and boredom. Thus, this language has been brought up behind the curtain of eternity like virgins and chaste wives. And this language is pregnant with wisdom and subtle insight. The delirious mob cannot hear its voice, yet its face shines forth with wisdom like an illuminating light. And Allah has created it in the best way, just like the creation of man. He has bestowed upon it all the excellences required to be the perfect tongue and He has granted it such beauty that it attracts all those who