Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 268
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 268 arguments that proclaim the Prophethood and Messengership of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. This humble one does not unjustly force them to accept Islam, but if they fail to compete and contest the heavenly Signs and rational arguments in support of the divine origin of Islam or produce similar arguments for their own religion, it is incumbent upon them to abandon false- hood and accept the true faith. Now, returning to the original subject, I reiterate that all of the beauties, divine insights, and attributes of S u rah al-F a ti h ah, outlined by me so far, are manifestly without parallel and equal. For instance, anyone who honestly reflects upon the exalted status of the verities con- tained in S u rah al-F a ti h ah, and then ponders over the beauties and fine points that the blessed s u rah comprises, and then studies the beauty of its composition and brevity of its text as to how vast meanings have been encapsulated in very few words, and then looks at the text as to how splendid it is and how it possesses such fluency, clarity, and deli- cacy that it is like pure and limpid water flowing ever so smoothly, and then contemplates its spiritual effectiveness that miraculously trans - forms hearts, purifying them of mortal darknesses and making them recipients of the light of Allah the Almighty which I have proven at its appropriate place in this book,1 the exalted status of the Holy Quran, which is beyond the reach of human capacities, will become manifest to such a one to a degree that cannot be surpassed. But if, despite wit- nessing these excellences, the peerlessness of the Holy Word remains doubtful to an inwardly blind person, the Holy Quran has a remedy even for such deniers against whom it brings its argument to comple- tion. And that is: 1. Please see Sub-Footnote Number Four on pages 425–440. In the original Urdu edition of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, the Promised Messiah as presented this sub-footnote along with Footnote Number Eleven. For the ease of English readers, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih V aba decided that it should be presented as its own section after Sub-Footnote Number Three. [Publisher]