Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 46
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 46 Have you not seen these Christians and Jews—who have only superfi- cially read the Gospel and the Torah, and who believe in false deities and idols, and who say to the idolaters that their belief of idol-worship is much better than the Muslim doctrine of Tau hi d, which amounts to nothing—these are the very people whom God has cursed, and he whom God curses, shall not find for himself a helper. In a nutshell, if the Holy Prophet had not been unlettered, the oppo- nents of Islam—particularly the Jews and Christians, whose oppo- sition was based not only on doctrinal differences, but also on envy and malice that the Messenger had not appeared from among the Israelites, but rather from their brothers, the Ishmaelites—could not have remained silent in regard to a claim that was in clear contradiction to the facts. Undoubtedly, it was perfectly clear to them that the words flowing from the Holy Prophet’s mouth could not be the words of an unlettered person, nor could they be the work of ten or twenty men, and this is why they asserted in their ignorance: 1[ S u rah al-Furq a n, Part Number 18 ] — ٗهَناَعَا ِهْيَلَع ٌمْوَق َنْوُرَخٰا And those who were wise and truly knowledgeable among them had fully realized that the Quran is beyond human capability to produce, and the door to certainty was opened to them in such a manner that God says regarding them: 2 [ S u rah al-Baqarah, Part Number 2 ] — ٗهَنْوُفِرْعَي اَمَك َنْوُفِرْعَي ْمُهَءٓاَنْبَا Meaning that, they recognize this Prophet as they recognize their own sons. As a matter of fact, this door of knowledge and certainty was 1. Other people have helped him with it ( S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:5). [Publisher] 2. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:147 [Publisher]