Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 249
249 Our servant, then produce a Chapter like it, and call upon your helpers beside Allah, if you are truthful. This verse describes the Holy Quran as being unique and peerless. One of its unique qualities is the beauty of its language and its eloquence, which Allah also points to in the verse: 9 ٌبٰتِك ْتَمِكْحُا ٗهُتٰيٰا َّمُث ْتَلِّصُف ْنِم ْنُدَّل ٍمْيِكَح ٍرْيِبَخ This is a Book whose verses have been made unchangeable and then they have been expounded in detail. It is from One Wise, and All-Aware. That is to say, this Book comes from God who, being All-Wise and All-Aware, could only reveal a Book that was full of wisdom. He is also All-Knowing, which means that He is aware that the age of reason is about to dawn and that it would require intellectual miracles. For these reasons, He made the Holy Quran an eloquent Book that explains itself and is a witness to its own excellence. Since the Promised Messiah as was like a disciple and a reflec - tion of the Holy Prophet s as and partook of his master’s light, Allah also blessed him with the gift of eloquence. I have already stated that the Promised Messiah as did not have any formal education. He was home-schooled by some regular tutors who taught him portions of the textbooks that were current at the time. He never travelled to Arabia or lived in cities where Arabic was in vogue. He only acquired as much knowledge as would be possible in a rural area while studying common books. Then, when the Promised Messiah as announced his claim and sought to bring about a reformation, the first thing his critics