Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 64
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 64 would not be granted to any of the other Prophets [ S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:52–53]. He then says that God is He who alternates night with day and day with night, so that whoever wishes to pay heed may pay heed, or wants to express gratitude may express gratitude; meaning that, the alterna- tion of day into night and night into day is a sign of the fact that just as guidance is followed by a period of misguidance and heedlessness, so is it divinely ordained that misguidance and heedlessness are followed by a period of guidance [ S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:63]. He then says that Allah is the All-Powerful Being who created man with His own perfect power, then made for him kindred through descent and marriage. Likewise, He has the power to bring about the spiritual birth of man; meaning that, the divine law regarding spiritual birth is exactly the same as His law governing physical birth in that, initially at the time of misguidance—which amounts to [spiritual] nothingness—He grants spiritual birth to a man with His own hand. Then, He bestows spiritual life upon his followers, who are his [spiritual] progeny by virtue of their obedience to him. Therefore, all Messengers are spiritual ‘Adams’ and the pious among their followers are their spiritual progeny, and the spiritual and the physical realms maintain a complete conformity with one another and there is no disparity of any kind between the physical and spiritual laws of God [ S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:55]. And then He says, ‘Do you not see how long God stretches the shadow unto the extent that only darkness is seen covering the entire land? And had He so willed, He would have made the darkness perpetual and there would have never been any light. But We make the sun rise in order to establish the fact that before it, there was darkness. ’ In other words, the existence of darkness is recognized through light, for it becomes much easier to recognize something in contrast to its opposite. The value and