Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 110
110 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to be a sign and a miracle. For example, let us take a look at the teaching, and it will appear to be a miracle; in fact, it is a miracle. The teaching is based on a system that is full of wisdom and is in line with the demands of human nature. No other teaching can compare with it at all—not in the least. The teaching of the Holy Quran completes and perfects all of the previous teachings. At this instance, I present just one aspect to show that the teaching of the Holy Quran is at the most superior station and is a miracle. For example, the entire force of the teaching of the Torah (whether due to circumstances of the time or needs of the time) leans towards retribution and revenge. As it states: an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. In contrast, the teaching of the Gospel is inclined wholly towards forgiveness, patience and pardon. So emphatic is this instruction that if a person slaps someone, they are encouraged to turn the other cheek; if a person forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles; if someone asks for your shirt, give them your cloak as well. And so, in every chapter of the Torah and Gospel, as far as the teachings are con - cerned, one will observe that the Torah leans towards an extreme in excess and the Gospel leans towards an extreme in restraint. However, the Holy Quran gives a wise and balanced teaching on every occasion and instance. Wherever a person looks at the teaching of the Quran, it becomes clear that it instructs one to look at the situation and occasion at hand. Although I accept that the essence of all these teachings is the same, there is no room for denial in the fact that between the Torah and Gospel, each of the two teachings has laid emphasis on just one side of the spectrum. Only the Holy Quran, however, has given a teaching that accords fully with the demands of human nature. It would be wrong to suggest that since the Torah gives a teaching of extreme excess, therefore it is not from God. The fact of the matter is that, in view of the requirements of that time, this was the sort of teaching that was needed. Since the Torah and the Gospel were laws specific to a certain place, therefore all other aspects were not taken into account. However, as the Holy Quran was meant to be for the whole world and all of humanity, its teaching was placed at a position that was in accordance with the true needs of human nature. This is what we call wisdom. For the meaning of wisdom is: ٖ ٗہ ِ � ٰل ََحَ ِم ِْفِْی ِ ًء َْیْ َّش� َاَل ُُْع َض َوَ meaning, to place a thing at its appropriate place. Hence, it is the Holy Quran which has imparted this wisdom. The Torah, as I have mentioned, has stressed unreasonable severity and encour - aged a propensity for revenge. On the contrary, the Gospel emphasises forgiveness p. 383 ِ ُهلل َ ٰل َ ِع ُٗٗه َر َْجْ َََحَ َف ُل ْ ِص َ ََو َ ِف َ ِع ْ ُن ََفََم َ ِه ُِْثُْل َم ٌ ِة َِئَ ْي ََس ٍ ِة َِئَ ْي َُٓٔوُ َس َّز َ ْج