Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 57
57 doctrine of transmigration of souls in order to support the beneficence of God. But even a brief consideration would show that the explanalion given by Islam is perfectly reasonable and in accord with the laws of nature, whereas the doctrine of transmigration of souls is based on mere suppositions. The working of the Divine attributes of justice and mercy also requires attention. All religions describe God both as Just and Merciful, but there is a vast differ- ence between their respective explanations of the work- ing of these attributes. Islam says that there is no con- flict between these two attributes and that both of them can and do operate simultaneously. Mercy is not op- posed to justice but is above it. The Holy Quran says: 'Whoever does a good deed will have a tenfold reward, and whoever does an evil thing, will be recompensed only in proportion thereto, and they will not be unjustly dealt with. ' 26 This shows that according to Islam it is not unjust to reward a person in excess of his deserts, but that it is unjust to inflict on a man punishment greater than he deserves. Surely, injustice means to reward a man in a measure less than that he has earned, or to punish a man in a measure larger than that he deserves, or to give to 26 Al-An‘ a m, 6:161