Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 496
496 MALFUZAT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 7 I have announced publicly many times for any such truth to be presented that we cannot extract from the Holy Quran. 1 وَلَا رَطْبٍ وَلَا يَابِسٍ إِلَّا فِي كِتَبٍ مُّبِينٍ ! It is a boundless ocean in terms of its verities and insights and in the form of its eloquence and fluency. Had it been the com- pilation of man, it would have exposed a pattern of superficial whims, but its style is unique and altogether different and dis- tinct from human styles. Despite its lofty themes, it has abso- lutely no affectation or ostentation. It claims that it is for the unlettered. And yet the amazing fact is that, while on the sur- face it is for the unlettered, its core can satiate everyone. The Wisdom of Repetition in Sūrah ar-Rahmān Khawāja [Kamāl-ud-Dīn] Şāhib asked why there is repetition in Sūrah ar-Rahman. The Promised Messiahas said: This kind of assiduous unremitting speech is a distinctive hall- mark of the Word of Allah the Exalted. It is in the nature of man that he can memorize rhythmical words quickly. That is indeed why He has said: وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ 2 1. (Nor is there a grain in the deep darkness of the earth), nor anything green or dry, but is recorded in a clear Book (Sūrah al-An'ām, 6:60). [Publisher] 2. Sūrah al-Qamar, 54:18 [Publisher]