Favours of the Gracious God — Page 119
119 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS Therefore, read this verse in its entirety and look at its structure and systematic arrangement, and investigate like a wise one. I contemplated over this verse and found many secrets within it and engaged in deep reflection and discovered many divine lights, then I looked deeper and witnessed God the Subduer, the Lord of all the Worlds, who revealed this verse. It was manifested to me that the above verse and the intimations contained within it guide towards the excel - lences of Arabic and indicate that it is the mother of all tongues, the Holy Qur’an is the mother of all the pre - vious scriptures and Makkah is the mother of all lands. Thus, the light of this verse drew me towards a multi - tude of understandings and interpretations, and I came to understand the secret as to why the Holy Qur’an was revealed in Arabic, and the secret behind prophethood reaching its perfection in the person of the Holy Prophet Muhammad s as the Best of Mankind and the Seal of the Prophets. Then other verses became manifest to me, which sup - ported this interpretation, until my Lord led me to the point of true certainty, and He counted me among those who are characterised by certitude. It became manifest to me that it is indeed the Holy Qur’an which is the mother