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secret of this all important matter. The acquisition of these sciences can be useful only if one is very sincere and wishes to serve religion and has been in the company of somebody who has been granted divine wisdom. (Malfoozat Vol. 1, p. 66) INTELLECTUAL MATURITY Some people say: "what has the Holy Quran presented to the world that can be said to be new and different from other Books. Its teaching is no different from that of the Torah. " It is because of this shortsightedness that the Chris- tians had to write the books "Needlessness of the Holy Quran" (Adam zoroorat. . i. -Quran). Had they been really and truly wise and had. they possessed insight, they would not have been led astray. This type of people say: "The Torah says that you should not commit adultery. Same thing is mentioned in the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran teaches the -Oneness of God, so does the Torah. What, then, is the difference between the teachings of the two. " On the surface of it, this is a complicated question and if it is posed to someone who is ignorant of the significance of the teachings of Islam, he would be baffled. The fact is that answer to this kind of questions-which are obtruse and baffling-are taught by God Himself. These are the Quranic spiritual secrets which are disclosed at their appropriate times. There is no doubt about it that there is a similarity between the Torah and the Holy Quran; we do not deny this. But the Torah has just taken the contents which are devoid of proofs and convincing arguments and explanations. But so far as the Holy Quran is concerned, it deals with all the things 14