Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 275
SuB-Footnote Number Three 275 it is established that it is unique, matchless, and beyond human pow- ers. 1 َ َ قُوَّۃ ال َ َ حَوْل َ و ال. Gentlemen! From where did you discover this new kind of logic, which makes you imagine that the admonitions that lay great stress on clemency and forgiveness must be incomparable, and that such admonitions are beyond human capabilities? Due to your twisted reasoning, you are still unaware that the words ‘incomparable’ and ‘unparalleled’ are applicable to something only if it inherently occupies a station the like of which is beyond human capabilities to produce. In making your claims, you have repeatedly emphasized the point that the Gospel stresses forgiveness and clemency on all occasions and at all times, and such an emphasis is not to be found in any other book. Very well, let it be so! But does this prove that no man can stress it to the same degree, or that giv- ing such injunctions are beyond human capabilities? Is the emphasis upon mercy and forgiveness in the Pustaks [books] of idolaters any less? To tell you the truth, the idolaters of the A ryah religion have stressed the injunction of mercy to its ultimate extreme. I have just recalled a verse in one of their Sh a stars [religious treatises], which is practised by almost all Hindus. It is: ‘Ahansa barmu dharma’; meaning that, there is no religious obligation greater than that of not harming any living being. On account of this verse, the Hindus are averse to hurting any living being. They do not even counter the evil of snakes. Rather, they feed them milk and worship them instead of hurting them. This act of worship is called N a g P u ja [snake-worship] in their faith. Some Hindus are so tender-hearted that they do not take lice out of their hair, nor do they cut the hair of their body for their com- fort; they undergo hardship themselves lest the [lice’s] resting places be disturbed. Some Hindus cover their mouth with a mask and drink 1. ‘There is no power [to do any good] nor ability [to resist any evil] except with the grace of God. ’ These words have been taught by the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw to the Muslims when confronted with something wicked and satanic. [Publisher]