Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 81
Malfuzat - Volume I 81 such truths and pure teachings, which they deem are found nowhere in the Holy Quran and we shall clearly demonstrate to them how truthful and clear the fol- lowing claim of the Quran is: فِيْهَا كُتُبْ قَيْمَةٌ Therein are lasting commandments. Moreover, if a person seeks to write arguments sin support of the true religion that accords with the nature of man, I shall demonstrate the miraculous nature of the Holy Quran in every respect and shall prove that every truth and pure teaching is present in the Holy Quran. Therefore, the Holy Quran is a book that contains insights and secrets of every kind. But I say once again, that in order to discov- er them, that very same spiritual power which is referred to by Allah Almighty Himself in the following verse, is required: لَا يَمَسُّةٌ إِلَّا الْمُطَهَّرُوْنَ Which none shall touch. except those who are purified. (Say, Similarly, in respect of eloquence and articulacy, if the sequence of the verses in Surah Fatihah, for example, were altered, the superlative meanings and lofty ob- jectives in the current sequence could never be expressed in any other manner. Take e any chapter of the Holy Quran, even if it is Surah Ikhlas: 'He is Allah, the One'). The insights and verities that have been expounded in the Holy Quran in such an exquisite and subtle manner cannot be matched by any- one. This too is a miracle of the Quran. I am astonished when certain ignorant people, in their attempt to attack the unparalleled nature of the Holy Quran, assert that the Maqamat-e-Hariri and Sab'ah Mu'allaqah are matchless and peer- less. They do not even understand that the author of Hariri has never claimed that his work is unequalled, and further, even he himself was convinced of the miraculously eloquent nature of the Quran. Such critics disregard the truth and virtue present in the Holy Quran and give preference to mere words. Books of this nature are devoid of truth and wisdom. 1 al-Bayyinah, 98:4 2 al-Waqi'ah, 56:80 al-Ikhlas, 112:2