Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 156
He is the light of everything that is in earth and heavens, and every light has shone forth from His hand and is a shadow of his person. He is the Lord of all the worlds arid there is no soul which has nofc been brought forth by Him and has come into existence by itself. Nor is there any faculty of a soul which has not been brought into existence by Him. His manifold blessings are of two kinds. Firstly, such as are not given as a reward for any previous deed of a doer and which exist from the beginning, as earth, heavens, sun, moon and stars, fire, water, air and all other things which have been created for our comfort. Everything that was necessary to sustain us, was created for us by Almighty God long before we came into existence or any deed was done by us. Who can say that the sun was created because of any meritorious deed done by him, or that the earth was brought into existence because he had done a highly virtuous deed ? In short, these blessings of God were created by His mercy displayed long before the existence of man and they are not the result of any deed done by him. The other kind of Divine blessings is the out- come of His mercy displayed on the good deeds of men, and this does not stand in need of explanation. The Holy 'Quran further teaches us that the person of God is free from every fault and defect, and that He wishes that human beings should also by following His injunctions become free from every defect and be purified of every impurity. Thus be says : ^* ) ; ^ J) J ^* j& ^& ) ^ ^ ^ ^ " Whoever remains blind in this world, and does not see God, shall remain blind after death and his darkness will not be dispelled. " For, the truth is that the eyes to see God are granted in this world, and any one who leaves this world without getting the eyes to see God, shall not see God in the next life. In this verse Almighty God has given us clearly to understand what height of spiritual