Favours of the Gracious God — Page 66
66 tended for this treatise and introduction, and also for some other essays that will follow, to draw the atten - tion of the readers towards these special characteristics of Arabic so that, if possible, my opponents may try to match this writing, and may endeavour to absolve their language of the blemish that it is devoid of the capability to convey every matter of great significance by using only root words. But if they cannot accom - plish this then whether they are advocates of Sanskrit or of any other language, they ought to shy away from ever so much as mentioning in any gathering, their own language to equal Arabic, or ever attempt to give ex - pression to the thought, even at a lapse of memory, that their language is a divine language in which the word of God has been revealed. Let it be known that there are three hundred words in this treatise and introduction that are root words; and I have even forsaken some words that have originated from the same root. These words consist of hundreds of wonders and subtleties; if I were to describe all these wonderfully special characteristics, it would in reality, require a voluminous tome. Thus, to demonstrate this, I will present the qualities of only two words as an ex - ample here. Subsequently, God willing, I will continue