Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious and the Merciful We praise Him and pray for His Choicest Blessings upon His noble Prophet. THE NEED OF THE HOLY QURAN. THE great object of Islam being to teach the doctrine of the Unity of God, the question has often been asked what was the need of the Holy Quarn when the doctrine of Unity had already been revealed to the world in the Taurat (the book of the Law of Moses). In answer to this question it should be borne in rnind that Judaism no doubt orginally taught the doctrine of Unity, but Judaism at the time of the revelation of the Quran was itself corrupt both in practice and doctrine. The pure religion of the Unity of God had been departed from by the Jews, and the doctrine of Unity contained in their books had no practical effect upon their lives. The grand aim for which man is created and the Word of God revealed had been utterly lost sight of. The recognition of the Divine Unity consists in a firm belief in the existence of God and His oneness attended with an implicit pbedience to him complete submission to His will and lasting Bone's self in His love. The Jewish books taught Unity indeed but the inner life of the Jews was not governed by the noble principle of conduct which underlies the doctrine of the Unity of God, and their hearts were totally devoid of the deep expression of the grandeur and glory of God. Outwardly and formally they recognized Unity but their hearts were turned away from purity and under the control of Satan. Their lives were characterised by every form of iniquity such as worldliness 'impure thoughts