Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 236
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 236 the physical means of punishment in the Hereafter that will be meted out, as appropriate for the physical faculties, for the consummation of the ultimate misfortune mentioned in the Glorious Furq a n. Woe upon such an intellect that considers an obvious and perfect verity as a defect! Alas! Why do these people not understand that the only way to achieve the sublime bliss or be subjected to the greatest misfortune is that God Almighty, with His special attention, may confer the matter of recompense in full measure. And conferring it in full measure means that the recompense should take full possession, both internally and externally, and that no external or internal capacity should be left that has not partaken its due share of this recompense. This is the highest degree of the great recompense which, in other words, has been called Heaven and Hell in the Glorious Furq a n; and [He] has stated, in His perfect and illumined Book, that Heaven and Hell comprise both spiritual and physical types of perfect recompense and [He] has dealt with both kinds in detail in the blessed Book, and has fully elaborated the reality of the sublime bliss and the great misfortune. But as I have just stated the Brahm u Sam a jists are totally lacking any awareness of this great verity or of the other above-mentioned verities. The sixth verity set forth in S u rah al-F a ti h ah is, 1 ُنْيِعَتْسَن َكاَّيِا ُدُبْعَن َو َكاَّيِا , the meaning of which is that, O Possessor of perfect attributes and Source of the four graces, we worship You alone and in the perfor- mance of worship and, in other needs and requirements as well, we seek Your help alone. That is to say, You alone are the One truly wor- thy of worship for us and in order to reach You we choose no other deity as our medium; we attach no value to any man, or any idol, or our intellect and knowledge; and in everything we implore help from Your Omnipotent Being. This verity is also hidden from the eyes of our opponents. It is obvi- ous that the idolaters worship a variety of objects other than the One Almighty God, and the A ryah Sam a jists, believing their own spiritual 1. S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:5 [Publisher]