Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 177
Footnote Number Eleven 177 silence and dumbness of the opponents, extending over hundreds of years, has given the testimony such perfection that it transcends the proof of incomparability enjoyed by the rose etc. because the wise men and craftsmen of the world have not been given any similar incentive to produce the like of anything else, nor have they been warned of diverse kinds of troubles and tribulations that would befall them if they failed to do so. It is obvious, therefore, that the clarity, lustre, and brilliance that characterize the proof of the Holy Quran’s superiority in fluency and eloquence over human capabilities is established in a manner that is certainly not enjoyed by the incomparability of the rose in its deli- cacy, colourfulness, etc. To sum up, these are the external excellences of S u rah al-F a ti h ah and the entire Holy Quran in which its uniqueness and its superiority over human capabilities has been well established by the utter frustration of its opponents. Now, I repeat its internal beauties so that they may be well compre- hended by those who reflect. Bear in mind that just as the Omniscient God has endowed the rose with various benefits for the human body— for instance, it invigorates the heart, strengthens the faculties and spir- its, and is helpful in several other diseases—likewise, the Benevolent God has invested the cure for spiritual ills within S u rah al-F a ti h ah, as He has in the entire Holy Quran. It possesses such a cure for spiritual diseases that cannot be found anywhere else, because it is replete with the perfect verities that had disappeared from the face of the earth and not a trace of them had been left in the world. Hence, that Holy Word did not descend upon the world without purpose and benefit— nay, that Heavenly Light manifested itself when the world needed it most—and it brought teachings whose dissemination throughout the world was direly needed for its reformation. In short, the holy teachings which were urgently needed, and the divine insights and verities whose dissemination was direly needed, those same essential, inevitable, and divine truths were mentioned at the appropriate time and in the hour of need, with incomparable fluency and eloquence. With all that, absolutely nothing was omitted