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253 uniqueness of the books of the Promised Messiah as is relative. Therefore, while this miracle is a powerful sign and argument, it does not in any way detract from the glory of the Holy Quran. I have said that the miracle of the writings of the Promised Messiah as has reinforced the miracle of the Holy Quran. This may be explained as follows. Uniqueness can be of different levels. One level of uniqueness is whereby a piece of writing may be superior to others but the difference may not be too significant. For exam - ple, a horse might win a race by an inch or by several yards. In the same way, a literary work that claims to be unique might be supe - rior to others to a greater or lesser degree. If writings can be found that are superior to other human writings but are inferior to the Holy Quran, this will establish the superiority of the Holy Quran above all other books. Since the Promised Messiah as surpassed all others with his writings but the Holy Quran surpasses even his writings, this incontrovertibly establishes the Holy Quran as vastly superior to all literary works. Besides the gift of mastery of the Arabic language, the Promised Messiah as was also blessed with the unique insight that Arabic is the mother of all languages. This was a great and amaz - ing discovery because at that time European scholars, after labo - rious research, were pointing to either Sanskrit or Pahlv i as the source of all languages. Some scholars thought that the original language had become extinct and that Sanskrit and Pahlv i were branches of that language. This was the prevalent opinion among European scholars. The Arabs, on the other hand, were com - pletely unaware of the uniqueness of their own language and, in deference to European scholars, were looking at other languages as the source language. It was in these circumstances that the