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THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI the corruption. Its teaching is straightforward and strong and secure, as if it were a mirror of the law of nature and is a true reflection of it. . It is an enlightening sun for the insight of the heart. It expounds the details of the principles of reason and corrects its deficiencies. Other books that are called revealed are in their present condition deprived of all these perfect qualities and contain many wrong conceptions with regard to the Being and attributes of the Divine. The followers of these books profess strange doctrines. Some of them deny God being. the Creator and All Powerful, and set themselves up as His partners in being eternal and self-existent. Some set up idols and images and deities as partners with the Divine and managers of His kingdom. . Some fashion sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters for Him. Some worship Him in the form of an alligator or tortoise. In short, they run ahead of each other as if the Perfect Being is most unfortunate that He has not been able to attain the perfection which reason demanded for Him. When I discovered people involved in such false doctrines and afflicted with so much error my heart trembled and melted and I felt it a bounded duty and obligation to write this book for their guidance, which I shall fully discharge. (Braheen-i-Ahmadiyyah, pp. 81-83 Essence of Islam, Vol. 1, pp. 248-249) 4. The fourth miracle of the Holy Quran is its spiritual effects which have been inherent in its from the beginning. This means that its followers are accepted of the Divine and are honoured with the converse of God. Their supplications are accepted by God Almighty, and He responds to them with love and mercy, and He informs them of some hidden mysteries as He informs the Prophets and distinguishes them from other people by bestowing upon them signs of His support and help. This is also a sign which will continue till the. Day of Judgement among the Muslims. It has been manifested throughout and is present even today. There are today among the. Muslims people whom God, the Glorious, through His special support honours with true revelation and visions relating to hidden matters. . O ye who are seekers after truth and are hungry and thirsty. 250