Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 244
244 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART THREE disputes. The truth is that a single verse of Sürah al-Ikhlās¹ says more about God's Oneness than the Torah or even the whole Bible. If the Christians disagree, the onus is upon them to prove otherwise. Since the Torah-indeed the entire Bible-does not contain a clear and thorough discourse upon the Oneness of God, this creates a conflict between the Torah and the Gospels. The result is that nothing is definitely settled, and Jews and Christians differ widely about the very fundamentals of faith. The same Torah conveys one meaning to Christians and quite a different meaning to Jews. Such being the case, which seeker after truth would not desire from the bottom of his heart that God, the Maker, in His all-encompassing mercy, should arbitrate between the parties that had gone astray and inform the errant of his error. Do understand that the Holy Quran was revealed to settle these very disputes and to reveal the truths which needed to be revealed due to the prevalence of misguided beliefs and also to carry the knowl- edge of faith to its perfection. With its descent, this Holy Word met all these requirements, corrected all of the errors and carried religious knowledge to its ultimate perfection. It neither unduly demanded an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, nor enjoined pardon and leni- ency in every case; rather, it taught true virtue, whether it be in the form of harshness or kindness, retribution or forgiveness. از نور پاک قرآن صبح صفا دمیده بر غنچہائے دلہا باد صبا وزیده The holy light of the Quran has ushered in the dawn of a bright morning, The fresh morning breeze is blowing over the blossoms of the heart. وایں دلبری و خوبی کس در قمر ندیده این روشنی و لمعان شمس الضحیٰ ندارد No one has witnessed such light, such brilliance, even in the midday sun, Nor has anybody beheld such charm and beauty in any moonlit night. 1. Chapter 112 [Publisher]