What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 18
( 18 ) increased insight into the meaning of this short chapter. I cannot describe the variety and depth of meaning which I have found in this- chapter. I have declared in public: Should a follower of any other religion cite a truth or proposition out of his_ holy book, then I protr~. ise to cite, out of the Surah-i-Fatiha alone, truths or proposi- tions superior to the one cited by him. I have repeated this claim many times but nobody has dared to challenge it. The existence and oneness of God, the appearance of prophets, their need for mankind, the criteria of a perfect law, need of such a law, institution of worship, principle of Taqdir, judgment day, meaning of heaven and hell : all these subjects -can be deduced from the Surah-i-Fatiha. What this one short chapter teaches on these and other subjects connected with the spiritual well-being of man faroutweighs any thing