An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 400
400 When the first part of the Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah was under print, I was an unknown figure. This part was being printed in a press in Amritsar owned by a Padre Rajab Al i , I used to go alone to the press from Qadian to Amritsar in order to read the proofs of the book and I used to come back alone. Nobody ever cared to see who is coming and who is going and for what purpose, and now the times have changed. ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , Preface pp. 62-63, R uha n i Khaz a’ in vol. 21, pp. 79-80) Hadrat Ja la l-ud-D i n Shams ra in his introduction to the book 27 says: It was the intention of the Promised Messiah as to write a book comprising fifty parts and subsequently these appeared in four volumes which was published in 1880, 1882 and 1884. Generally the people of India regarded these four volumes as stout defence of Islam and these books have no parallel in the world of Islam. Specimen of Writing Two conditions are necessary for a religion which claims to be from God. In the first place, a religion should be so comprehensive and perfect and complete and free from every defect in its doctrine, teachings and commandments, that reason should not be capable of proposing anything better; and there should be nothing lacking in it. It should be ahead of all other religions in this respect. The Holy Quran puts forward this claim by proclaiming: This day have I perfected your religion for your benefit, and have completed My favour unto you, and have chosen for you Islam as your faith (5:4). That is to say, God requires us to conform to the reality inherent in the word Islam. Here there is a clear claim that the Holy Quran comprehends the perfect teaching and that the time of the revelation of the Holy Quran was the time when such perfect teaching could be revealed. The Quran alone is entitled to make this claim. No other 27 R uha n i Khaz a’ in vol 21, Preface p. 1 (alif).