Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 109
Footnote Number Eleven — Fifth Objection 109 which is crude, the fineness of that which is fine may become appar- ent. This is because the reality of opposites is known by comparison with opposites, and the value and appreciation of the good is known by comparison with the bad. The third wisdom in the differentiation of ranks is the desire to demonstrate a wide array of [divine] powers and to draw the attention of His creatures to His own greatness. He says: 1 [Part] Number 29— اَم ْمُكَل اَل َنْوُجْرَت ِهّٰلِل اًراَقَو َو ْدَق ْمُكَقَلَخ اًراَوْطَا Meaning that, what ails you that you do not admit the greatness of God, in spite of the fact that to demonstrate His greatness, He created you with distinct physical features and differing moral characters. That is, the differentiation of capacities and temperaments was created by the All-Wise so that His greatness and power may be recognized, as He has said at another place: َو ُهّٰللا َقَلَخ َّلُك ٍةَّبٓاَد ْنِّم ٍءٓاَّم١ۚ ْمُهْنِمَف ْنَّم ْيِشْمَّي ىٰلَع ٖهِنْطَب١ۚ َو ْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ْيِشْمَّي ىٰلَع ِنْيَلْجِر١ۚ — َو ْمُهْنِم ْنَّم ْيِشْمَّي ىٰۤلَع ٍعَبْرَا١ؕ ُقُلْخَي ُهّٰللا اَم ُءٓاَشَي١ؕ َّنِا َهّٰللا ىٰلَع ِّلُك ٍءْيَش ٌرْيِدَق 2 Part Number 18 This means that Allah has created every animal from water. Some of them move on their bellies, some of them on two feet and others on four. Allah creates what He pleases. Allah has the power to do all that He wills. This is an indication that all these different species have been created by God so that the diverse powers of the Divine might be demon- strated. Thus, the differentiation in the temperaments and natures of different creations is due to these three considerations, which God has set out in the verses cited above. فتدبّر [So ponder]. 1. S u rah N uh , 71:14–15 [Publisher] 2. S u rah an-N u r, 24:46 [Publisher]