Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 263
263 casts any doubt or suspicion on any part of it, the answer lies within the Holy Quran itself. The Promised Messiah as explained this principle at great lengths and gave answers to all kinds of objections about the teachings of the Holy Quran. He didn’t just say that something was wrong because it had been rejected by the Holy Quran, rather he proved his point with arguments which, though derived from the Holy Quran, were rational and intellec - tual in nature so that people of all faiths and denominations had to accept them. The fourth principle revealed to the Promised Messiah as regarding the Holy Quran was its superiority above all other Divine scriptures. Whereas this claim had always been made by Muslims, they had not been able to prove it with any arguments. The Promised Messiah as proved it, once again, through the Holy Quran itself, and he did it so comprehensively and convincingly that one’s heart involuntarily goes out to the Holy Prophet s as through whom mankind received this precious gift. The fifth principle that was revealed to the Promised Messiah as regarding the Holy Quran was that it had different levels of mean - ing. Whatever the intellectual level or understanding of the read - ers, they will find in the Holy Quran the teaching that is true and relevant for them. The words are the same but the meaning is different for different people. A man of ordinary understanding will discover in those words a teaching so simple and convinc - ing that he will not find it at all hard to understand and believe. One endowed with average intellect will find in the same words a meaning appropriate to his understanding and experience. One of higher intellect will find in it a higher meaning. Those of low intel - lect will not find the Holy Quran beyond their understanding,