Favours of the Gracious God — Page 7
7 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS upon earth and its branches extend to heaven; one who scales the height of this tree eventually attains the fruit of spiritual truth. And as is quite evident that, although the branches do indeed receive their strength from the roots, the fruits that are eaten grow upon branches, not within the roots. Likewise, the result of the entire matter becomes evident upon the branches of this field of science. Those who engage in a fair debate on its study, while keeping in mind the truths already established, are able to clearly see these fruits with which the branches are laden. It should be known that to attain the insight that the Holy Qur’an is from Allah and is the mother of all [divine] books, only three matters need to be investigated, which I have just enumerated. There is no doubt that whoever fully comprehends these three matters, the veils of ignorance shall be lifted from his eyes and whatever conclusion should emerge on the basis of facts, would, in any case, have to be accepted. The first of the three matters that need to be investigated—the interrelation of languages—has been established so clearly in this book of mine that no further independent research in this respect is imaginable. This is because in order to prove an interrelation it suffices to