Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 84
84 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad reality, there is definitely a similarity between the Holy Quran and the Torah― we do not deny this. However, the Torah has only presented a mere text without any argumentation, proof or commentary. However, the Holy Quran takes a ra- tional approach on all matters. This is because the faculties of the people of that time possessed an uncultivated nature. And so, the Quran adopted the practice of expounding the benefits of worship and morality. Moreover, it not only puts forth the benefit, but rather presents them with the support of argumentation and proof in a rational manner, so that those who possess a sound intellect are left with no room for denial. As I have just mentioned, in the time of the Quran, faculties were bent towards rationality, whereas in the time of the Torah, a more primitive state existed. From the time of Adamas humans continued to develop and when the Quran appeared, this development had reached its completion, in the likeness of a circle. It is related in the Hadith that the age assumed the form of a 'full circle. ' Allah the Exalted states: مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِّنْ رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَكِنْ رَّسُوْلَ اللهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّنَ Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. Necessity is the engine that fuels prophethood, as it were. Dark nights draw in the light that delivers the world from darkness. It was due to this need that thes system of prophethood began, and upon reaching the era of the Quran, it attained to completion. Now every need has been fulfilled. This establishes that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was the Seal of the Prophets. Indeed, one significant and evident hallmark of this is that the Quran presents reasoned argumentation, while the Torah has not done so even to a minor degree. The Second Difference between the Teaching of the Holy Quran and the Torah The second difference is that the Torah has only addressed the Children of Israel and never had any concern for, or association with, any other nation. This is the very reason that it has laid no emphasis on argumentation and evidence, because the Torah did not have in view any other denominations such as atheists, philosophers or Brahamos. Since the Quran considered every community and every nation, and since no further needs were to arise, the Quran provided sound 1 al-Ahzab, 33:41