The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 17
Islam the True and Living Faith 17 ter and all souls are eternal and uncreated. Had they considered deeply the attributes of God, they would never have said so; for if in the exercise of His eternal attribute of creation, God is dependent on matter like a human being, then how is it that in the exercise of the attribute of hearing and seeing He is not so dependent as man is. . Man cannot hear without the agency of air and he cannot see without the aid of light. Then is God also dependent upon light and air for seeing and hearing? If He is not so dependent, be sure that He is not dependent upon matter for the exercise of His attribute of creation. It is entirely false that He is dependent upon matter for the exercise of any of His attributes. It is a great mistake to attribute human weaknesses to God; for instance, that He cannot create something from nothing. Man's being is limited and God's Being is unlimited. By the power of His Being, He can create another being. This is the essence of. Godhead. He is not dependent upon matter for the exercise of any of His attributes, for had that been so, He would not be God. Nothing can obstruct Him. If He were to desire to create a heaven and earth instantly, He would be able to do so. Of the Hindus those who, in addition to knowledge, partook of spirituality also and were not committed to bare logic, never believed that concerning. God which the Aryās set forth today. This is the result of the lack of spirituality altogether. . All this corruption, some of which is unmentionable and is opposed to human purity, was an indication of the need of Islām. Every reasonable person is bound to confess that a short while before Islām, all other faiths had become corrupt and had lost all spirituality. The Holy. Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was a great reformer in the cause of truth who restored the lost