What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 4
( 4 ) words strike one as revelation. I would say : Let the three books be examined cursorily by one who does not believe in the revealed character , of any. Such a reader will find at once that the writer of the Old and the New Testaments believed in the revealed character of the subject-matter of their books, but not necessarily in the revealed character of their words. His view of the Quran, however, would be very, different. He would say that the 'writer' of the Quran regards not only the subject-matter, but also the words in which the subject- matter is expressed, as a revelation from God. That is why the Quran calls itself not merely the Kitab (or book) but also the Kalam (or Word) of God. Such a description is not claimed for their con~ tents by the Old Testament or the New. Nor does the Quran describe these books as the Word of God. Muslims,. therefore, are different from other religious com-