Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 12
12 for ever stick. The Mosaic Law takes one extreme and the Gospel the opposite, the one requiring vengeance in all cases and the other unconditional forbearances, but the Holy Quran reveals the wise path of acting according to the occasion. The teach- ings of the Mosaic Law and the Gospel are thus closed with true wisdom in the Holy Quran. If the Holy Quran had not come, the law revealed in the Mosaic Law and. the Gospel would have been like the arrow. shot by a blind man which, if it hits the mark once by chance, goes wide a thousand times. In short, the Pentateuch cont?ained law in the form of stories and the Gospel taught it in the form of parables while the Holy Quran presented it to seekers after truth clothed in true wisdom. o. The excellent teachings revealed in the Holy Quran are, thus, far above those contained in the Bible. Nay the whole of the Bible cannot stand against a single short chapter of the Holy Quran entitled the Fatilia which contains. only seven verses and which discloses such vast treasures of spiritual * " - wisdom, excellent religious truths and the highest and most precious verities arranged in natural order and methodical suc- cession of parts as are not to be met with in the books of Moses ; and Jesus though one should waste his whole life in turning over their pages. The word of God shows its Divine origin by the Divine power which lies hidden in it just as His handiwork shows His wonderful skill. It should be further remembered that the Holy Quran contains all the directions which are necessary for the perfection of man. The Bible is like an inn which once afforded lodging and rest to wayfarers but after a time heavy storms and violent earthquakes levelled it with the ground. The great building which had once separate apartments for different functions, lay in such waste and total disorganization that the whole was nothing but a heap of bricks. The Lord of