Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 39
Chapter One 39 — َوُه ٌۢتٰيٰا ٌتٰنِّيَب ْيِف ِرْوُدُص َنْيِذَّلا اوُتْوُا َمْلِعْلا١ؕ َو اَم ُدَحْجَي ۤاَنِتٰيٰاِب اَّلِا َنْوُمِلّٰظلا 1 S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, Part Number 21 And before this you did not recite any Book, nor did you write one with your [right] hand; in that case, those who follow falsehood would have some reason to doubt. Nay, it is a collection of clear Signs in the hearts of those who are given knowledge. And none but the wrongdo- ers deny them. All of these [above] verses conclusively prove that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was unlettered; for, it is obvious that if, in fact, the Holy Prophet was not unlettered, many peo- ple would have arisen to contradict this claim of him being unlettered, because the Holy Prophet did not make this claim in a country whose people could be considered unaware and ignorant of his life. Rather, they were the people among whom the Holy Prophet had been raised since his birth, and had spent the larger part of his life in their company. Therefore, had he not been unlettered, he could never have claimed to be so in the presence of those from whom nothing of his life was hidden, and who were constantly looking for an opportunity to prove any deception on the part of the Holy Prophet, and to publicize it. In fact, their hostility had reached such an extent that, had they been able to, they would not have hesitated to fabricate evidence against him, and it is in this context that each one of their ill-suspicions was refuted so effectively that they were left stunned and speechless. For instance, some ignorant people of Makkah began to say that they did not like the Quranic teaching of Tau hi d [Oneness of God]. They demanded that another Quran be brought forward which should honour the idols and teach their worship, or it should be modified to replace Tau hi d with idolatry—only then would they accept it and become believers. The 1. S u rah al-‘Ankab u t, 29:49–50 [Publisher]