Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 296
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 296 ‘elegant’ manner of illustrating its meanings, do the Vedas have, that they have put an end to all eloquence and elegance! One may not be convinced of this; however, I will write [herein] as a sample some shur- t i s of the Rigveda, which is considered to be the greatest and the best of all the Vedas, which A ryah people believe to contain the teaching of Tau hi d. And after that I will write, as a sample, some verses of the Holy Quran that deal with the teaching of Tau hi d, so that everyone comes to realize which one—the Vedas or the Furq a n [Holy Quran]—clearly and properly expounds the issue of Unity of God in a forceful and elo- quent discourse; and, of the two, the account of which is absurd and groundless and creates doubts. For, as I have already stated, the easiest method to ascertain eloquence is to observe the impact of the expres- sion of the two texts which one desires to compare, and see the discern- ment, perspicuity, and comprehension of abstruse points with which they have carried out, as it were, their duties; and to note the extent to which they, in order to lift the darkness of ignorance, demonstrate the light of knowledge through their well-grounded and concise state- ments; and the extent to which they dilate on the excellences of Divine Unity and the defects of polytheism. However, if anyone harbours the illusion that there may, perhaps, be shurt i s found in the Vedas that could compete with the Holy Quran in respect of the assertion of Tau hi d, then he is at liberty to produce such shurt i s from the above-men- tioned Veda, so that, of all the Vedas, the matter of this Veda, which is hailed by the A ryah people in their constant refrain, ‘Rigveda! Rigveda!’, is settled first. Here it should also be borne in mind that the incompa- rable eloquence of the Holy Quran, and thousands of its subtle points and verities—to compete against which human powers are helpless and powerless—will be mentioned on their proper occasion. Here— on account of the insistence of some A ryah people who, as against the Holy Quran, make claims about the eloquence of the Vedas—only a few verses of the Holy Quran are given with a view to stopping their impudence and abusive language in such an easy way as would reveal to the just the utter insignificance of the Vedas and would make them