Quran

European philosophers and freethinkers who had escaped the jaws of Christianity saw studying nature as more beneficial than studying the flawed “word of God” – ...

He showed through prophecy, acceptance of prayers, and Divine signs that God exists and through his communion with Allah, he showed the world that one can establish communion with Allah if one pays attention to and upholds the teachings of the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran is the only book that sets forth His existence as a face and not only urges the seeking of God but makes him manifest. Back in Europe, the atheists had never witnessed true revelation and its wonderful power of leading to conviction, so while the Promised Messiahas intellectually grounded the idea of revelation as a mode of certainty and presented the Holy Quran as its epitome, he also proved its spiritual effect throughout his life. “In conclusion, although someone may not be grateful for divine revelation out of the depravity of their nature, the reality is that its powerful hand and mighty arm enable the vessel of certainty and truthfulness to sail; indeed, it is the very captain in the ocean of divine cognition. Observation of the heavens and earth only leads to the conclusion that although orderliness indicates that the universe should have a Creator yet it is not proof that such a Creator in fact exists. The fruit of the Quran was not bitter and foul like all other revealed books that had been corrupted, rather it was “sweet” and “fragrant” and those who wanted spiritual fruit were told to come to the Holy Quran and experience its sweetness themselves. Further discussing the power of the Holy Quran to show God in a light of certainty, Hazrat Ahmadas wrote in his book Chashma-e-Masihi (Fountain of Christianity): Hazrat Ahmadas stressed that it was important to pray with deep understanding and attention and also to establish “its teaching in one’s heart” – as a result, through just Surah al-Fatihah one would be “honoured by the converse of God” and would be able to derive “immense benefits from true vision and clear revelation”. That is to say, that by it one’s bosom is opened, the darkness of human nature is dispelled, the grace of the Holy Source of grace starts descending upon man, and he is encircled by the light of the acceptance of God until, by making continuous progress, he is honoured by the converse of God and derives immense benefits from true visions and clear revelations.” (Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya [English], Part IV, p. The Holy Quran would now be the guide of mankind to a living God and remove all the misconceptions, doubts and ambiguities other revealed books had caused. The revelations draw divine bounties upon him and make him one of the elect of God and the truth of these revelations is established with the fulfilment of the prophecies they contain. This void was causing the masses of Europe (and India during Hazrat Ahmad’sas time) to turn away from the concept of God and religion as a whole.