Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 174
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 174 In short, when sane reason clearly dictates the impossibility of stat- ing even insignificant and unimportant matters and simple events in an elegant and eloquent composition with strict adherence to a valid need and truthfulness, then how much easier is it to understand that stating lofty points of wisdom, pertinent to [addressing] true needs, couched in exceedingly expressive and eloquent composition, which no one can even imagine surpassing in elegance and chasteness, is altogether super- normal and beyond the range of human capacity? Just as experience demonstrates that it is outside the realm of possibility to manufacture a flower similar to the rose externally and internally, so is this impossible too. For, when authentic experience stands as a witness in even minor and trivial matters, and sane nature confirms that if a man wants to have an essential and straightforward conversation—whether it relates to some matter of buying and selling or judicial investigations—with the utmost accuracy in an appropriate manner, it becomes impossible for him to turn his discourse—need- lessly and on all occasions—into an appropriate, balanced, lucid, and eloquent expression, and much less, to take it to the highest level of lucidity and eloquence. Then, how can the discourse of any man combine all these features to achieve the lucidity and unsurpassa- ble eloquence in a composition that, in addition to truthfulness and rectitude, is filled with profound points of wisdom and lofty truths, descends to meet a true need, encompasses all divine verities, does not neglect anything in fulfilling its obligation for the reformation of the prevailing situation, perfectly completes the arguments, fully confutes the deniers, keeps in view all aspects of argumentation and debate, and includes all essential arguments, proofs, teachings, and questions and their answers—despite these intricate difficulties which far exceed the former case—in a manner that is not only incomparably eloquent, but also expresses the subject in a style that cannot possibly be more fluent? These are the properties possessed by S u rah al-F a ti h ah and the Holy Quran, in a manner that has complete resemblance with the incomparable properties of the rose. In addition, S u rah al-F a ti h ah