What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 3
( 3 ) but not the words in which that sub~ ject-matter is communicated. The Holy Book of Islam is quite different. Its div~e name is Kalam'ullahor the word of God. . _That is, not only"its subject-matter but every word in which this subiect- _matter is recorded is a revelation from God. The book of Moses contained revealed subject-matter. What Jesus preached had also been revealed. But Moses /and Jesus used their own words for the presentation of the messages they received from heaven. The point will be conceded by any casual reader of the Old and New Testaments and of the Quran. The general style of the two Testaments leaves no doubt that the subject-matter which they contain is revealed, but not necessa:rily the words, the text in which the subject-matter is expressed. The Quran, on the other hand, strikes everybody. as being very different. Not only i~s. · subject-matter but its very