Life of Ahmad — Page 439
439 CHAPTER 44 MOTHER OF ALL LANGUAGES As Ahmad’s as mission was to establish the superiority of Islam over all other faiths, he did not leave anything undone. He wrote a book Minanur Ra h m a n in April and May 1895, which is a monument of scientific research, the true value of which will become manifest as time passes. In this work he proved that Arabic was the mother of all languages. Hence it was the fittest vehicle for the communication of God’s most universal and perfect message for mankind. The idea is by no means a fantastic one. Noldeke says: 'It is indeed probable that the languages, not only of the Semites and of the Indo-Europeans, but also those of other races, are derived from the same stock, but the separation must have taken place at so remote a period that the changes which these languages underwent in prehistoric times have completely effaced what features they possessed in common; if such