Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 117
117 PArT T Wo to believe in only a small number of the recipients of revelation, the reality of Prophethood and revelation would, in such a case, remain a weak, unreliable and doubtful matter. Moreover, in that case, millions of people who were unaware of this country, or this country remained unaware of their countries, would deem to be deprived of divine grace, mercy, guidance and salvation. Worse still, according to the proudly-held belief of A ryas, these three or four were not raised as Prophets by the special will and wisdom of God; on the contrary, they merited this office by their own good deeds, done in some unknown past existence, and God had no choice but to make them Prophets; while the rest of the people were forever denied this exalted station. Some were deprived of receiving revelation because of their own sins and shortcomings, and some for the crime of belonging to a nation or country other than that of the A ryas. Just consider how this unholy doctrine vilifies the elect of God who rose like the sun and dispelled the darkness that had spread in the world during their times. Even their Parmeshwar [God] has not been spared. He is effectively considered a heedless, neglect- ful and confused being who is unaware of the thousands of inno- vations and millions of tribulations and commotions into which the world was thrown, and the wide variety of mischief which arose after the time of the Vedas, creating great upheaval in his kingdom that needed to be reformed urgently, but he could not be woken from his slumber and slipped away never to return. It means that the amount of revelations that Parmeshwar possessed was limited and he exhausted it in the Vedas. Having given away the sum total of his possessions, he was left empty-handed and tongue-tied forever. While his other attributes remained intact,