Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 497
30 September 1905 497 Meaning, and indeed We have made the Quran easy to remember. Keep in mind that there is a beauty in everything from Allah the Exalted, so is it not a requisite that beauty be inher- ent in His Word as well? This is one beauty of it. If the Glorious Quran had been inarticulate, what would have been the benefit from it? Human nature would not have been drawn to it at all. Marvellously wondrous creatures are seen among the crea- tions of Allah the Exalted. Going to the museum, some animals are seen that look like a beautiful splash of colours. Glancing upon all these aspects, it comes to be known that colourful cre- ation is a norm of God Almighty. It has even been observed that there are some animals which lay eggs themselves, but other animals hatch them. The quail lays its eggs but places them in the crow’s nest. Hence, the more one observes the creations of God and the actions of God, the greater his amazement. In the same way, there are endless mysteries in His words, which can be discovered through the lens of Allah’s works. Hadrat Hakeemul-Ummat [Sage of the Ummah— Hadrat Maulaw i Noor-ud-Deen] submitted that the poet and the one given to eloquent speech cannot object to this style of expression at all because they them- selves have to assiduously adhere to it. Then Hadrat H ujjatull a h 1 said in this continuing discussion: 2 ِّيَاِبَف ِءٓاَلٰا اَمُكِّبَر ِنٰبِّذَكُت ِّيَاِبَف ِءٓاَلٰا اَمُكِّبَر ِنٰبِّذَكُت has been used for reminding over and over again. Do not consider just this repetition; there are other 1. Lit. ‘the Proof of Allah’, an honorific title of the Promised Messiah as [Publisher] 2. Which, then, of the favours of your Lord will you twain deny, O men and Jinn? ( S u rah ar-Ra h m a n, 55:14) [Publisher]