Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 89
89 PArT T Wo the divine origin of Islam and the evidence I have put forward to establish the Holy Quran as the Word of God and its superiority over other Divine Scriptures to be conclusive and irrefutable, they will accept them in the spirit of justice and righteousness and not turn away out of prejudice and heedlessness. ☆ ☆ The opponents of Islam might object that admitting the superiority of the h oly Quran over all d ivine Scriptures would perforce mean that other scriptures are inferior; but how can they be inferior when they are the Word of the same God. h ow can there be any question of supe- riority and inferiority between them. The answer is that, as far as their divine origin is concerned, all the scriptures are equal; however, some are superior to others in terms of the degree and perfection to which they elaborate the principles of faith. Thus it is that the h oly Quran enjoys superiority over all other scriptures. No book contains religious truths—such as those regarding the o neness of God, prohibition of all forms of idolatry, cures for spiritual maladies, arguments against false doctrines and proofs in support of true beliefs—to such perfec- tion as does the h oly Quran. d etailed arguments in support of this claim shall be given in c hapter 1. d oubts and misgivings, as to why God did not equally invest all h is Books with truths and verities and why the h oly Quran was given superiority in this regard, will only arise in the minds of those who are ignorant of the true nature of revelation, of its causes and of the manner in which it is vouchsafed. Let it be clear that God never sends revelation unless there are reasons calling for it. h e only sends down h is revelations when there is a genuine need for them and this has been h is eternal practice. It also goes without saying that sending rev- elations regardless of whether they are needed or not is something that we would not expect from the All-Wise o ne, who does everything in keeping with the requirements of wisdom, appropriateness and timeli- ness. It should be understood, therefore, that if the Quran contains the truths and principles of faith that other scriptures do not, it is because the need for these teachings arose only at the time of the h oly Quran and they could not have been revealed earlier. d etailed evidence for this shall also be given in c hapter 1. —Author Footnote Number 2