Muhammad The Great Exemplar — Page 46
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 46 We Ourself have sent down this Exhortation, and most surely We will be its Guardian —has been manifestly fulfilled. And the miracle of this text is such that no other scripture can point to its like. THE PROTECTION OF THE ESSENTIAL MEANINGS OF THE HOLY QUR’AN As a second example, I will present another interpretation of this verse. The word [of God] is protected in various ways. Its content is safeguarded as are its meanings and outcomes. Having discussed the protection of its words, I will now move on to demonstrate the miracle of the safeguarding of its deeper meanings. It is entirely possible for the words of a scripture to be preserved in their original form, yet fail to be understood according to their actual intent. Let us cite here the Vedas. Though much of it is interpolated, there are still elements of its truth which have been preserved. Yet the language of its transmission is now so ancient and rare its true meanings cannot be determined with any degree of certainty. [Teachings about] monotheism, idolatry, superstition, celestial worship, medicine, the finer points of sexual conduct and many other subjects are interpreted in contradictory ways. The words are the same but the meanings extrapolated from them are completely different. It is able to give rise to beliefs as