Favours of the Gracious God — Page 97
97 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS of this brevity was that an entire nation arose amongst the Jews that rejected the Hereafter; in the same way, the outcome of the use of the word father was that an ignorant nation, meaning the Christians, deified a hum - ble man. However, all such idioms were indicative of decline. Since the teachings contained in those Scrip - tures were of limited nature and, in God’s knowledge, those teachings were soon to be abrogated, therefore, the use of such idioms was considered permissible in the case of a base, narrow-minded people. Then when that Book which shows true light came into this world, no need remained for the light that was mingled with darkness, and the age returned to its original state and all words became restored to their real meanings. This was the secret of the Holy Qur’an being accompanied by the miracle of eloquence and expression, because the world was in dire need of understanding the true form of language. Thus, the Holy Qur’an placed every word at its proper place and it opened up the qualities of eloquence and fluency in such a manner that they became two eyes of the faith. Earlier nations remained negligent in the matter of pressing language into the service of unravelling the mysteries of faith. But they were also helpless and constrained in this matter, as