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118 <strong>Barahin</strong>-e-ahmadiyya<br />
the power of speech was lost after the revelation of the Vedas and<br />
Parmeshwar became permanently incapable of communicating<br />
with or sending revelations to his creatures. ☆ Such are the beliefs<br />
☆ At this stage, someone might think that as the Muslims believe<br />
that revelation started with Hadrat Adam and ended with the holy<br />
Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, it proves that<br />
the revelation ceased for all times to come after the advent of Hadrat<br />
Khatamul-Anbiya’ [the Seal of the Prophets]. Be it clear that we do not<br />
believe, like the hindus, that God had only so many words to reveal<br />
and has now run out of revelations. According to Islam, God’s words,<br />
his knowledge and his wisdom are boundless, just as his own Being<br />
is boundless. Allah the Almighty says himself [in the holy Quran]:<br />
Footnote Number 9<br />
That is: if the oceans were to be made into ink for writing the words of<br />
God, surely, the ocean would be exhausted, but the words of my Lord<br />
would not suffer any decrease even though other similar oceans were<br />
brought as further help. (Surah al-Kahf, Part no. 16) ‡<br />
The question remains: in what sense do we consider divine revelation<br />
to have ceased after the holy Prophet, may peace and blessings<br />
of Allah be upon him. God’s words are limitless—that goes without<br />
saying—but the evils that beset the world, or the needs that divine revelation<br />
fulfils, are not limitless. Therefore, God only sends down his<br />
words to the extent that they are required for the reformation of man<br />
and fulfilment of his needs. Now, when we look at the age in which<br />
the holy Quran was revealed, we find that mankind stood in need<br />
of every kind of guidance because all human affairs, whether related<br />
to ethics and morals, or doctrine and practice, had deteriorated, and<br />
every kind of excess and corruption had become rampant. Therefore,<br />
the teachings of the Quran were revealed at the highest point of perfection.<br />
consequently and in this sense, the teachings of the holy<br />
Quran are established to be final and perfect. All past scriptures are<br />
‡ Surah al-Kahf, 18:110 [Publishers]
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