The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page 383
The Soul 383. Besides, as Permeshwar is not the creator of souls he cannot comprehend them and thus there would be a veil between Permeshwar and souls, and Permeshwar would not have full knowledge and full power over the unseen, and as he would not have full power His Godhood would be upset and he would cease to exist. . The Soul is Created out of Nothing by the Command of Allāh. It is obvious that full and perfect knowledge of something imports the power of fashioning that thing. That is why the philosophers have said that perfect knowledge becomes perfect action. So the question naturally arises, has Permeshwar full knowledge of the qualities and properties of souls? If he has full and perfect knowledge of all this, then how is it that despite such knowledge he is not able to create similar souls? This would mean not only that Permeshwar has not the power to create souls but also that he does not have full knowledge about them. [Surmah Chashm Āryā, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 2, pp. 139-141]. The Vedās present God as Imperfect. The Vedās of the Āryās put forward a concept of God which is bound to repel a seeker after truth. The Āryās do not hold their Permeshwar as the source of his own kingdom but conceive that he has been given his kingdom by chance or good luck; that is to say, that by good luck he found a number of souls and particles and he compounded a world out of them. It is possible that there may be another store of souls and particles hidden somewhere of which Permeshwar has yet no knowledge. . Is this a doctrine which is consistent with the Majesty,. Power and Greatness of Allāh, the Glorious?