The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 361
The Holy Qur'an 361 word of God. Every wise person knows that the principal means that reason has for establishing the Godhead of the. Divine is that everything that proceeds from God is so matchless that it is conclusive proof of the Unity of the. Creator. Had this means not been available, the way of reason reaching God would have been closed. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 1, pp. 149-182]. The Holy Qur'ān is a Book which has proclaimed its own matchlessness and has claimed its own greatness, its wisdom, its truth, the beauty of its composition and its spiritual lights. It is not true that the Muslims have themselves put forward these excellences on behalf of the. Qur'an. It sets out its own merits and excellences and puts forward its matchlessness and peerlessness as a challenge to the whole of creation and calls out loudly: Is there any contestant? Its verities and fine points are not confined to two or three which would leave room for doubt on the part of an ignorant person, but are like the surging ocean and are visible in every direction like the stars of heaven. There is no truth that lies outside it. . There is no wisdom that not comprised in it. There is no light that is not obtainable through following it. These things are not without proof and are not mere words. It is an established and clearly proved verity which has been shining through 1,300 years. We have set out this verity in great detail in this book and have expounded the fine points of the Qur'ān at such length as to constitute a surging ocean for the satisfaction of a seeker after truth. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 1, pp. 662-665, footnote 11]