Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 187
Footnote Number Eleven — Tenth Objection 187 opponent and obstructor, and to consider that which completes and perfects as harmful. When you reflect on this matter with full atten- tion and for the sole purpose of finding the truth, it will suddenly dawn upon you that God has not harmed reason in any way by appointing revelation as its companion. On the contrary, finding reason perplexed and bewildered, He furnished it with a sure instrument for recognizing the truth, by the pointing out of which, reason is aided in safeguarding itself from straying into hundreds of erratic ways and is not led astray, nor wanders aimlessly everywhere. Rather, it finds the proper way to its true purpose, and finds the exact place of its desired objective and is saved from useless toil. It is like the case of a truthful informant who gives accurate news of a lost person’s whereabouts; that he has gone in a certain direction and is hiding in such and such town, in such and such ward and in such and such location. It is evident that no sane person objects to the help of such an informant who supplies the needed information about the lost one and points out the simple and easy way of reaching him. Sane people do not accuse him of creating hurdles in their investigation; on the con- trary, they are deeply grateful and appreciative to him that he informed them while they were ignorant, and pointed out to them a particular spot while they were wandering here and there, and he opened the door of certainty while they were involved in conjectures. In the same way, those on whom God has bestowed sane reason are grateful to— and praise and eulogize—true revelation and realize fully that true revelation does not obstruct the progress of their thinking. Rather, it safeguards their thinking from confusion and, out of a variety of lab- yrinth and doubtful ways, shows the desired right path treading along which becomes very easy for reason. It also delivers man from all those deficiencies that confront him on account of his short life, insufficient intellectual capacity, and limited insight. I have stated time and again that human reason is so imperfect and incomplete in its nature that it cannot cope with any task without the help of a companion. It is incapable of settling, clearly and rightly, any