The Holy War — Page 49
Proceedings—Debate 24 May 1893 49 that the birth of Prophet Adam as in the very beginning of the human race has been accepted to be unique, similarly it should be proved that the Messiah as was the Son of God, or God, and came into the world by contravening the previous well-known proven practice of the manner of coming of Prophets, and that he came as God or the Son of God. Then there would be no excuse left for us to deny because when an occurrence going against inductive reasoning is proven to have taken place, then that matter also automatically becomes included in the law of nature and the practice of God. So please prove this issue, but with logical arguments. Then Mr. Abdullah Atham states that revelation should be self-explanatory. So let it be clear that we agree on this point. Without a doubt, for a true revelation, this very condition is necessary that the exposition of all its parts needing explanation should also be done based on the revelation itself. As we see in the Noble Quran, there is this verse in S u rah al-F a ti h ah ; namely: 1 َطاَرِص َنْيِذَّلا َتْمَعْنَا ْمِهْيَلَع اَنِدْهِا َطاَرِّصلا َمْيِقَتْسُمْلا۰۰ Now, in this verse, the words 2 ْمِهْيَلَع َتْمَعْنَا are succinct and require expla- nation; therefore, at another place, God Almighty elaborated upon this Himself, stating: َكِٕىٰٓلوُاَف َعَم َنْيِذَّلا َمَعْنَا ُهّٰللا ْمِهْيَلَع َنِّم َنّٖيِبَّنلا َو َنْيِقْيِّدِّصلا۠ َو ِءٓاَدَهُّشلا 3 (Part 5, R. 6)— َو َنْيِحِلّٰصلا 1. Guide us in the right path—the path of those on whom You have bestowed Your blessings ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:6–7). [Publisher] 2. On whom You have bestowed Your blessings ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:7). [Publisher] 3. Who shall be among those on whom Allah has bestowed His blessings, namely, the Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs, and the Righteous ( S u rah an-Nis a ’ 4:70). [Publisher]