The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 111
Revelation, Inspiration, Vision and Dream 111 considers something necessary and indispensable through his conjecture, but fails to discover its existence despite every search and inquiry, he begins to doubt the correctness of his conjecture and in the end denies it and hundreds of doubts opposed to his conjecture assail his mind. . We often indulge in conjecture with regard to a hidden matter that it will be thus and thus, but when the fact is known it turns out to be something quite different. These daily experiences teach one the lesson that it is the height of foolishness to be satisfied with pure conjecture. Till conjecture is supported by fact all exhibition of reason is a mirage and no more, the end of which is atheism. If you desire to be an atheist, you can do as you please; otherwise, you can be delivered from the fierce flood of doubts, which has swept thousands of wiser people than yourself by one stroke into the depths, by taking a firm hold of the strong handle of revelation. It will never happen that pursuing only your ideas based on reason you will advance to a point where you behold God sitting somewhere. With your perverse thinking, you will end up finding God signless and devoid of the signs of the living, and, after being frustrated in your quest for Him, you will join hands with your atheist brethren. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūḥāni Khaza'in, vol. 1, pp. 344-346, footnote 11]. OBJECTION. Complete understanding can only be obtained through something which can be observed at all times and in all ages. This characteristic is found in the book of nature, which is always open and is never closed, and it should therefore be taken as one's guide, for something which is closed most of the time and opens only on certain occasions cannot be a guide. . ANSWER. To regard the book of nature as open in comparison with Divine revelation is a sign of blindness.