Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 269
Footnote Number Eleven 269 ْمُتْنُك َنْيِقِدٰص ْنِاَف ْمَّل اْوُلَعْفَت َو ْنَل اْوُلَعْفَت اوُقَّتاَف َراَّنلا ْيِتَّلا َو اَهُدْوُق ُساَّنلا َو ُةَراَجِحْلا١ۖۚ ْتَّدِعُا َو ْنِا ْمُتْنُك ْيِف ٍبْيَر اَّمِّم اَنْلَّزَن ىٰلَع اَنِدْبَع اْوُتْاَف ٍةَرْوُسِب ْنِّم ٖهِلْثِّم١۪ َو اْوُعْدا ْمُكَءٓاَدَهُش ْنِّم ِنْوُد ِهّٰللا ْنِا 1 َنْيِرِفٰكْلِل Meaning that, if you doubt that this Word is from Allah, then write a composition like any s u rah in it. But if you cannot do it—and, bear in mind, never shall you be able to do it—then guard against the Fire, which is prepared for the disbelievers and the fuel of which is disbeliev- ing men and their idols who are stoking up the fire of Hell with their sins and mischief. This is the conclusive verdict which God Almighty Himself has provided in order to indict those who deny the miracle of the Quran. Now if there is anyone who, in spite of being confuted and indicted, still denies the peerless eloquence of the Holy Quran and does not desist from idle and obscene talk, then such a shameless and crooked nature cannot be treated in this world; their only remedy is the one promised by God in His conclusive verdict. Some mischievous and malicious people, who have taken a firm stand upon obstinacy and egotism, and who have been utterly blinded by the whirlwind of bigotry, try to mislead people by saying that all of the beauties and fine points that Muslims attribute to the Holy Quran and all of its wondrous beauties mentioned in Muslim books are the product of the acute intelligence and inventions of their own natures; whereas in reality, the Quran is devoid of such beauties, fine points, and wondrous characteristics. However, such people can do nothing to hide the Quranic light; rather, they only expose their own foolishness and depravity. It should suffice to say in response to them: If Muslims have indeed invented, through the exercise of their own intellect, all forms of beauties, fine points and qualities of the Holy Quran which were not actually present there, then you, too, should, as against them, produce beauties, fine points and qualities relating to your revealed books or, for that matter, any other book; and if you cannot compete with the whole 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:24–25 [Publisher]