The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 356
356. Essence of Islam-1 doubtful ideas and thus created a storm in India, it was the Holy Qur'ān which repelled them so that they are not now able to face a well-informed person and their extensive apologetics have been folded up like a piece of paper. [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 3, pp. 381-382]. Beauty and Perfection of the Holy Qur'ān. I call Allāh to witness that the Holy Qur'an is a rare pearl. Its outside is light and its inside is light and its above is light and its below is light and there is light in every word of it. It is a spiritual garden whose clustered fruits are within easy reach and through which streams flow. Every fruit of good fortune is found in it and every torch is lit from it. Its light has penetrated to my heart and I could not have acquired it by any other means. And. Allāh is my Witness that if there had been no Qur'ān I would have found no delight in life. I find that its beauty exceeds that of a hundred thousand Josephs. I incline towards it with a great inclination and drink it into my heart. It has nurtured me as an embryo is nurtured and it has a wonderful effect on my heart. My self is lost in its beauty. It has been disclosed to me in a vision that the garden of holiness is irrigated by the water of the Qur'an, which is a surging ocean of the water of life. He who drinks from it, comes to life; indeed, he brings others to life. [Ã'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 5, pp. 545-546]. The expression Khātam-un-Nabiyyin which has been applied to the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] demands that the Book that was revealed to him, should be the most perfect of all books and should comprise all excellences; and indeed so it is. The rule is