The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 61
61 must have made one. However, Maulaw i Sanaullah must be aware that the foremost addressee of my challenge to write a discourse in Arabic was the same learned scholar to whom I had written, that I could offer him as many as five rupees per error that he might be able to identify, provided he first proved himself to be a scholar of the Arabic language. And, how he ought to do this is that he should sit side by side with me and pen the commentary of a verse of the Holy Quran, in the length of a Juzw 1 or two in eloquent Arabic. After this, I never heard anything from him. Everyone can understand that to point out a mistake is the prerogative of the person who has first established his ability to do so; other - wise, a mere claim to have done so is nothing but an absurdity. For instance, if a person who knows nothing about architecture says that the masons in this country make mistakes while doing their work, will he not be worthy of the retort: O ignorant one! You cannot set even a single brick perfectly in its place; why do you then object to the masons who have already erected so many buildings with their hands? Returning to the subject being discussed earlier, it now has to be remembered that I have published around seventeen books of unparalleled excellence in Arabic, in contrast to which my oppo - nents have not published even a single book over a period of the last ten years. Nevertheless, it occurred to me today that the books mentioned have been written not only in eloquent and expressive Arabic, but are also filled with numerous profound points of wis - dom from the Holy Quran. It is therefore possible that my oppo - nents would say that they are unaware of such profound points 1. A juzw comprises sixteen pages. [Publisher]