Minanur-Rahman

The Blessings of the Gracious God

Background

The Promised Messiah(as) was hurt and aggrieved that the Muslim clergy is so neglectful of the treasures lying hidden in the Holy Quran and in his anxiety to look for some divine help, while absorbed in reading the Holy book, he found a sparkling verse which, when paraphrased, says: “We have revealed Quran in Arabic” this verse revealed on me,” the Promised Messiah(as) says the greatness and versatility of Arabic and established beyond any measure of doubt that Arabic is mother of all languages and as the Holy Quran is the mother of all divine scriptures.

Later the Promised Messiah(as) issued a leaflet about this book. It says: “This book is a wondrous book. Some verses of the Holy Quran have drawn my attention to the fact Arabic-is-the mother of all languages and that Arabic is the fountain from which all languages flow. Thereby the Holy Quran has done a great service to whole mankind by pointing out this great truth.”

The Book

This book is a monument of scientific research, the true value of which becomes manifest as time passes. In this work, he proved that Arabic was the mother of all languages. Hence, it was the fittest vehicle for the communication of God’s most universal and perfect message to mankind.

In this book, the Promised Messiah(as) discussed three points, namely:

• There is something common between all the languages of the world.

• Arabic is the mother of all languages.

• Being a perfect language, Arabic is a language of divine revelation.

To show that there is something common in all languages, a long list of common words was prepared by Hazrat Maulavi Hakim Nur-ud-Din, Maulavi ‘Abdul Karim, Munshi Ghulam Qadir Fasih, Mirza Khuda Bakhsh, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, Mian Muhammad Khan, and Munshi Ghulam Muhammad. The first two did most of the work. Later Sheikh Muhammad Mazhar performed a great deal of research on various languages, proving the Promised Messiah(as)’s dissertation about the Arabic language being the mother of all tounges was unchallengeable.

To show that Arabic is the original language of the mankind, the Promised Messiah(as) says: “It is the natural language and it has the power of describing the finest points and reflecting the most delicate shades of the beauty of nature. Again, it contains the characteristics of all other languages.” In point of conjugation the Arabic resembles to the Sanskrit.

Arabic possesses a perfect vocabulary of roots which are comprehensive. Every possible subject can be expressed in Arabic by means of root-words and there is nothing lacking in it. There is a perfect system that runs throughout the language and it is very well related. Words are pregnant with meanings, and a few words express what another language would take far greater number of words to express the same thought

The finest shades of feeling can be most delicately expressed in Arabic. Sanskrit, it is said, has only 400 roots, but there are more than 2,700,000 roots in Arabic. The Promised Messiah(as) declared that he would offer Rs. 5,000 as a reward to anyone who could show that any other language could compete with Arabic in the afore-mentioned characteristics.

To show the wealth, the beauty and the universal character of Arabic, the Promised Messiah(as) marshalled such arguments and cited so many instances that one is amazed to discover that Arabic in fact is the mother of languages.1

Specimen of Writing

Glory be to Arabic, how beautiful is its countenance looking out of perfectly-illumined mantles! The earth has been brightened with its exalted lights, and it has been proved to possess the climax of the yearnings of man. In it are found wonders of the All-Wise and Powerful Maker, as they are found in everything which proceeds from the Great Creator. Allah has perfectly all its limbs and has not left out anything from its beauty and splendour, and no doubt you will find it perfect in expression, comprising all the objectives of man. There is no action that begins at any period of time, nor is there any attribute out of the attributes of Allah, the Bestower, nor is there any doctrine out of the doctrines of mankind, but there is in Arabic an elementary word apposite to it. Should you have a doubt let us know the contrary.2