Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 329
SuB-Footnote Number Three 329 Do they have feet with which they walk, or hands with which they hold, or eyes with which they see, or ears with which they hear? [ S u rah al-A‘r a f, 7:196] Do not prostrate before the sun and the moon either; rather, prostrate before the God who created them all. If you truly worship God, then worship that very Creator and not His creation [ S u rah Ha M i m as-Sa- jdah, 41:38]. The sun does not have the power to reach the location of the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day, nor can any star deviate from its ordained orbit [ S u rah Y a S i n, 36:41]. There is nothing on earth or in heaven that is not His creation or His servant [ S u rah Maryam, 19:94]. And if someone claims to be god other than God Almighty, We [i. e. Allah] shall cast him into Hell. Such is the punishment We inflict on the transgressors [ S u rah al-Anbiy a ’, 21:30]. So you should believe in God and His Messengers, and do not say, ‘There are three [gods]. ’ Desist! That is better for you [ S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:172]. O people, listen carefully to this exemplum: Those from whom you seek [the fulfilment of ] your desires cannot even create a fly, and if the fly snatches something from them they cannot retrieve it. Weak indeed are the seekers and the sought; that is, those who supplicate before cre- ated things are weak-minded and the created things that are believed to be worthy of worship are weak in power. The idolaters have not recog- nized God as He ought to be recognized. Do they imagine that God’s universe cannot function without other associates, whereas the fact