Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 227
Footnote Number Eleven 227 is God, while another says, ‘No, Krishna’s divinity is more powerful than that of his [Ram]. ’ In the same way, some have installed Buddha as God while others have installed yet others as God. In like manner these simpletons of the Latter Days, following in the footsteps of the earlier polytheists, proclaimed the son of Mary to be God and the son of God. In short, the Christians do not believe the True God to be ن ی رب العٰلم [ Rabbul-‘ a lam i n ], رحمٰن Ra h m a n, or رحیم [ Ra hi m ], nor do they believe that recompense [on the Day of Judgment] is in His hands. In fact, according to them the heavens and earth are devoid of the pres- ence of the True God and that the son of Mary is all in all. He alone is the Rabb, he alone is رحمٰن [ Ra h m a n ], he alone is رحیم [ Ra hi m ], and he alone is ن ی وم الد ی مٰلك [ M a liku-Yaumid-D i n ]. Similarly, common Hindus and A ryas have also deviated from the truths expounded above. As for the A ryas, they do not accept God Almighty as the Creator and do not believe Him to be the Rabb of their souls, and those from among them who are idol-worshippers do not believe that the attribute of rub u biyyat [providence] belongs exclu- sively to ن ی رب العٰلم [ Rabbul-‘ a lam i n ] and they believe their 330 million deities are partners of God Almighty in the enterprises of His rub u bi- yyat and they beg favours from them. Both of these sects also deny the ra h m a niyyat of God Almighty and, in accordance with their Vedas, maintain that the attribute of ra h- m a niyyat is not at all found in God Almighty, and that whatever God has made for the people of this world had to be made by Him in conse- quence of the good deeds of the people; otherwise, Parmeshwar of his own volition can do nothing good for anyone, nor did He ever. Likewise, they do not consider that God Almighty is رحیم [ Ra hi m ] in the perfect sense, because they believe that regardless of how sin- cerely a sinner repents and whatever long years he spends in humble and earnest supplication and righteous action, God will not forgive the sins he has committed until he has atoned for them by going through hundreds of thousand of births. Once a person commits a sin, he cannot avail himself of the benefit of repentance, worship, fear of God,