Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 120
T E S T I MON Y OF T HE HOLY Q U R AN 120 The most essential demand [put to a claimant] is for proof of his being true and from God, and proof of being the like of some - one is then established as a necessary consequence. The fact is that all prevailing circumstances testify that the Mujaddid of this cen - tury should be the Promised Messiah, because all the Signs that the Holy Book of God ordained with regard to the time of the Promised Messiah have come to pass in this age. Do you not see that the Christian empire is devouring all the dominions of the reality. It is impermissible to add something to the Word of God from oneself. This was the kind of alteration on account of which the Jews were cursed. Ma‘ a limut-Tanz i l and several other commentaries state only that those shapes flew for a short while and then fell back to earth in the form of clay. As such, we can conclude only that in reality they were indeed just figures made out of clay. And just as toys made of clay ‘fly’ about by human contrivance, so did they, under the spiritual in - fluence of a Prophet, ‘fly’. Otherwise, an affirmation of true creation on his part amounts to a grave mischief and an association of partners with God. The true purport is [manifesting] a miracle, and the flight of a lifeless thing, despite its being lifeless, is a grand miracle. That being said, if the words ًّا ي َ َکُوْن ُ ح ي فَ [ fa-yak u nu h ayyan —and it became alive] are found in any qir’at [recitation] of this verse of the Holy Quran, or there is historical proof that those shapes truly became alive and that they also laid eggs and that many birds from their parentage are in existence today, then proof of this should be furnished. Allah the Exalted states in the Quran that even if the whole world joined together to create a gnat, it would not be able to do so, because in such a case it would be - come God’s partner in creation. It would be equally false to allege that God Almighty had Himself given him permission to create. There is no contradiction in the Word of God: He does not bestow such permission upon anyone. Allah the Exalted did not bestow upon the Chief of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, permission to create even a fly. Then how could the son of Mary receive such permis - sion? Fear God Almighty, and do not seek to convert metaphor into physical reality. (Author)