The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 18
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 18 Qur’an has not just made a claim regarding its Divine origin and the messengership of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; rather it has also proven this claim with exceedingly powerful and strong arguments. I shall, by the will of Allah, the Exalted, write down all those arguments one by one and I now present the first of these arguments in this very essay so that seekers of truth may, first of all, compare other books with the Qur’an in respect of this particular argument. I also challenge every single opponent that if this kind of proof, whose presence in a book is an evident testament to its truth, is also found in their books and regarding their prophets as well, then they must present it through their publications and newspapers, or else they will have to concede that their books are bereft and devoid of this proof of such lofty calibre. And I say with full con- viction and confidence that this kind of proof is certainly not to be found in their religion. Therefore, if I am wrong, they should prove my error. The details of the first argument that the Holy Qur’an has advanced in favour of its being from Allah are as follows: Sound reason considers it to be a most worthy argument in accepting a book as being true, and in accepting a person as being true and a Messenger sent by Allah that their advent should take place at such a time when the world is engulfed in darkness and people have adopted idolatry instead of Tau hi d [Oneness of God], sin- fulness in place of virtue, tyranny in place of justice, and igno- rance instead of knowledge. And there should be an urgent need for a Reformer and then that Messenger [Reformer] should depart from the world at such a time when he has impeccably