Through Force or Faith? — Page 250
?— A Reply to Pope Benedict XVI 250 With this reference, the Quran tells us that the treasures of knowledge are unlimited, but man receives them as much as needed. Hence, the Quran states: َو ْنِا ْنِّم ٍءْيَش اَّلِا اَنَدْنِع ٗهُنِٕىٓاَزَخ١ٞ َو اَم ۤٗهُلِّزَنُن اَّلِا ٍرَدَقِب ٍمْوُلْعَّم And there is not a thing but with Us are the treasures thereof and We sent it not down except in a known meas- ure. ( S u rah al- H ijr, 15:22) His Holiness [Mirza Tahir Ahmad] writes: The most wonderful message delivered by the verse just quoted is that the world of the unknown is boundless and fathomless, yet man will always be permitted access to it, but in measured portions which will be estimated by God in accordance with the requirements and dictates of the time. Thus, the Quranic terms of the ‘unknown’ and ‘the unseen’ do not in any way encourage blind faith and igno- rance. On the contrary, they promote perpetual investiga- tion by assuming man that what he knows and observes as reality is but infinitesimally small in proportion to what he knows not. Hence man’s quest for knowledge must always continue because the ocean of the secrets of nature is inexhaustible. ( Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth by Mirza Tahir Ahmad, p. 277) This verse has the most amazing message that the knowledge unknown to man is limitless. And man is given access to them according to his need and to the extent that God wishes. Therefore,