Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 114
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 114 other attributes are known but His attribute of speech has never been discovered. How can you say with regard to Him that He has bestowed upon you an open book in which He has clearly declared what is in His mind. Indeed your view of Him can be summed up by saying that God Almighty was unable to furnish any guidance, so you recognized Him through your own ability and intelligence. Besides this, the revealed teaching can be generally described as open in the sense that it casts its influence on the hearts of all. Every kind of temperament and varying types of dispositions benefit from it and every type of seeker receives help from it. That is the reason why many people have been, and continue to be, guided through divine revelation, and very few, indeed almost none, through rational argu- ments alone. Even reason affirms that such should be the case because it is quite obvious that when a person, who has an established reputation of being a righteous informant, describes his experience, inquiry, and observa- tion of matters relating to life after death and also explains the rational arguments to support them, he has a twofold advantage at his disposal. First, it is believed concerning him that he has observed the matter which he speaks of and has seen the truth with his own eyes; and sec- ondly, he manifests the light of truth with clear arguments. The combination of these two types of proof creates a strong attrac- tion in his preaching and advice, which pulls even the hardest of hearts and influences every type of soul. For his exposition is empowered by different types of illustration and no particular standard of ability is needed to understand it; rather, every type of person, whether of low rank or high, whether intelligent or unintelligent, can understand it, with the exception of those who are entirely bereft of reason. He can instantly satisfy every type of person according to the temperament of each and at the level of his capacity. His speech has great power to pull the thoughts of people towards God, to make them discard the love of the world, and to impress upon their hearts a concept of the Hereafter. It is not confined to the narrow and dark concept to which