Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 243
Sub-Footnote Number Two 243 Sub-Footnote Number One, 1 i. e. , the Holy Quran helps a true seeker to establish a living spiritual relationship with the Eternally Besought One, which results in him being blessed with divine revelation. The revelations draw divine bounties upon him and make him one of the elect of God and the truth of these revelations is established with the fulfilment of the prophecies they contain. This relationship, as I have written above, is the essence of eternal life, as the [eternal] life depends on attaching oneself with the Living [God]. The truth of any book whose adherence enables one to witness the signs of such a relationship becomes clear—indeed, clearer than the sun—because it does not make mere empty claims, but actually leads to the desired objective. So I will now ask Christian gentlemen that if their Gospels are indeed true and perfect and divinely revealed, then they should demonstrate their spiritual effects, as against those of the Holy Quran, of which I have given adequate proof. They should also produce from among their own people such instances of heavenly blessings and of disclosure of the unseen as have been—and continue to be—experienced by Muslims by virtue of their adherence to the Holy Quran and following in the footsteps of Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a [the Chosen One], Af d alur- Rusul [the Most Exalted of the Messengers] and Kh a tamur-Rusul [the Seal of the Messengers], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Thus will the liar stand exposed. Remember, however, that you can never compete with the Holy Quran in either of the above-mentioned two aspects. Far from being perfect, the teachings of the Gospels are no longer intact, for, by declaring the son of Mary to be son of God, they have shown themselves to be demonstrably false right from the beginning. As for the teachings of the Torah, they are so flawed and distorted that they virtually serve as putty in the hands of Jews and Christians, who make of them what they like. Had the Torah detailed those aspects of things divine and of the Hereafter, which are found in the Holy Quran, the Jews and Christians would not have had so many 1. Please see Sub-Footnote Number One starting on page 195. [Publisher]