Favours of the Gracious God — Page 155
155 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS many different words. Such similarity to such degree can only be possible if all of them are descended from a common ancestor. To deny this is like denying what can be perceived directly by the five senses, and what is already proven through direct observation. If a difference had been present in the tongues from their very inception, how could it be that despite them not originating from a single source, there is such a degree of commonality amongst them? Therefore, we must acknowledge the existence of a language that is the mother of all expressions, and to reject this view amounts to ignorance and a lack of wisdom, and to be argumentative [about it] is mere obstinacy and stubbornness. If you are a seeker of truth, lo! The truth has become manifest! There are such excellences and signs in the Arabic language that researchers have declared it to be the mother of all other languages. Those languages are like a shadow to Arabic, or like a sparrow before a preying falcon. Listen therefore, with a fair mind to some features of Arabic. Among these excellences, one is that after deep research and meticulous investigation, and observing and examining evidence we are compelled to admit that the Arabic language is much more extensive than all other