The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 12
T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E T HE L IGHT OF T HE HOLY Q U R’AN—NUM BE R ON E 12 upon hearts, soothes the soul, imparts tranquillity, and transforms faith into cognition. Since the specific intent of this publication is to inform people of the truths and verities of the Divine Word, it has been made a permanent requirement that any claim or argu- ment presented in this journal shall not proceed forth from my own self, but rather from the Noble Qur’an which is the Word of God Almighty and has been revealed to dispel the darknesses of this world so that people might know that the Holy Qur’an alone maintains the unique miraculous quality that it itself articulates its claims and corroboration. And this is indeed the one foremost Sign of its being from Allah, that it always presents its own proof from every aspect—it itself presents claims and it itself presents the proofs for those claims. I desired to publish this miraculous quality of the Qur’an in this journal so that through this measure all those religions might be evaluated whose adherents—in oppo- sition to Islam—are praising such books which are completely bereft of the ability to prove their claims with evidence. It is manifestly clear that the first Sign of a Divine Book is intellectual prowess and it is absolutely impossible that a book— being, in fact, a Revealed Book —should yet be unable to expound any of the truths concerning the essentials of religious beliefs, or that it should be found in a pit of darkness and defi- ciency when compared to a human book. Rather, the foremost Sign of a Divine Book is indeed that it should also rationally sub- stantiate the prophethood and belief that it has laid the founda- tion of; for, if it does not prove its claims but rather hurls man into a maelstrom of perplexity, then asking people to believe in such a book will fall under [the realm of ] coercion and compulsion. Now, it is fairly simple and easy to understand that a Book that in