Allah The Exalted — Page 17
All a h the Exalted 1 Being born of a frail woman, he, according to the Chris- tians, underwent such disgrace, humiliation and helplessness throughout his life, as is the portion of the unfortunate and deprived ones. He was a prisoner for a period in the darkness of the womb and was born through the passage polluted by urine, and passed through every condition to which the birth of human beings is subject, and did not escape a single one of them. Then he con- fessed in his own book, his ignorance, lack of knowledge and powerlessness and that he was not good. That hum- ble servant, who was without any reason described as the son of God, was inferior to some of the major Prophets in his intellectual attainments and in his actions. His teach- ing was also imperfect, being only a branch of the Law of Moses. How then is it permissible to attribute to the All- Powerful God, Who is Eternal and Everlasting, this cal- umny that having been Perfect in His Being, and Self- Sufficient and All-Powerful, He in the end became de- pendent upon such a defective son and suddenly lost all His glory and His greatness? I do not believe that any wise person would permit such humiliation to be imag- ined concerning the Perfect Being Who comprehends all perfect qualities. [Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyya, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, Vol. 1, pp. 435-441, footnote 11] Attributes of God It needs no argument that the true and perfect God, to believe in Whom is the duty of every creature, is the Lord of the worlds. His Providence is not confined to a particular people, age or country. He is the Sustainer of all peoples, of all ages, of all places and of all countries.