Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 246
246 Argument 9—Gift of Special Knowledge The ninth argument, which is also a compendium of many argu - ments, is that God revealed to the Promised Messiah as extraordi - nary knowledge that is beyond the power of man to attain on his own. Prophets are sent to the world to lead mankind to the foun - tain without which spiritual life cannot be sustained. Their pur - pose is to establish a link between man and God—the Source of all life. But this cannot be achieved without spiritual knowledge. Only he can attain nearness to God who has spiritual knowledge, is cognizant of the paths that lead to God, and has deep insight into the nature of God and His attributes. Only he can guide oth - ers in spiritual matters who himself has substantial knowledge of them. No one can make good his claim of having been sent by God unless he partakes of God’s limitless knowledge and God Himself nurtures him and grants him wisdom and understanding. Let us now use this criterion to judge the claim of the Promised Messiah as and see what knowledge God blessed him with. The Holy Quran says: 1 َو َمَّلَع َمَدٰا َءٓاَمْسَاْلا اَهَّلُك And He taught Adam all the names. ‘Names’ here means Divine attributes, for knowledge of Divine attributes encompasses all knowledge. Divine knowledge means