Favours of the Gracious God — Page 89
89 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS belongs, has clothed such word with the mantle of hon - our and respect. Now, by keeping this principle before us when one ponders, according to the lexicon, over the calibre of the word ج ا� [ abun ], i. e. father, one cannot say anything except that when, for instance, a human is born of the sperm of another human such that, in the act of creation , the one who gave his seed has no role— in such case, one would say that so and so is the abun , i. e. father, of such and such person. Moreover, in the condition in which one needs to define God—the All- Powerful—as One Who brings creation into existence through His will, Who perfects, Who bestows blessings in accordance to the condition out of His Great Mercy, and Who Himself is its Protector and Sustainer, then the lexicon does not permit, in any form, that such con - notation may be expressed by using the word abun , or father. Instead, the lexicon has reserved another word for it, which is known as rabb , the true definition of which, according to the lexicon, I have just explained above. We most certainly are not entitled to invent a lexicon ourselves; instead, it is imperative for us to fol - low the same meanings which have existed from ancient times as having proceeded from God. Thus, it is evident from this discussion that to use