Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 257
257 reveal themselves in every age and we learn more and more about its physical properties and behaviour, and the same is true of the tiniest of plants, why should the Word of God be so limited that new knowledge and wisdom could be derived from it only for a limited time before its treasures became exhausted? God’s Word should possess far greater depth and meaning than His physical creations. If the world is discovering new knowl - edge every day, science and philosophy are constantly expanding their horizons, and new sciences, such as geology, archaeology, physiology, botany, zoology, astronomy, political science, political economy, sociology, psychology, ethics, etc. , are being discovered or have progressed exponentially compared to past ages, then is it possible that the Word of God should fail to give its readers new knowledge and insights and remain stagnant for hundreds of years? The current lack of interest in religion and in God and His teaching results, directly or indirectly, from the progress of mod - ern science and philosophy. If the Holy Quran is, in fact, the Word of God, then, alongside the progress of science and philosophy, it should have revealed new insights that would either show the error of these sciences with befitting arguments or prove that the doubts created by them are only due to lack of deliberation and understanding. Having laid down this general principle, the Promised Messiah as established with arguments that the Holy Quran speaks about the progress and conditions of this age and even focuses on some specific aspects of it. Muslims of past ages, being unaware of the discoveries of this age, did not understand these prophecies and thought that they were descriptions of the Day