Nurul-Qur’an (Number I)

The Light of the Holy Quran (Number I)

Background

The Promised Messiah(as) for a long time had been quietly contemplating over the persistent attacks of Christians on Islam and the Holy Prophet(sa). He had been for a long time feeling a great necessity of a quarterly magazine which could counter, from time to time, attacks made on the Holy Quran and Islam.

The Magazine

The first issue of this quarterly magazine came out in 1895. It was published at the recently set up Press in Qadian, namely Diya’ul-Islam Press.

The first issue was devoted to discussing at length the beauty and excellences of the teachings of the Holy Quran. Its object was to acquaint the people with the graces and the spiritual miracles that were contained in this Holy Book. He argued that this was the book, which endowed mankind with the peace, tranquillity and mental ease that they had been searching since the dawn of civilization.

A revealed book, the Promised Messiah(as) argued, should not merely make assertions; it should also give reasons to convince the people of its truth and the excellences. The Promised Messiah(as) also suggested that the well-known doctrine of Trinity was not the discovery or the invention of the Christians. It had, on the other hand, been borrowed from the Hinduism through the Greeks. Some European writers were also quoted in support of this contention.