Favours of the Gracious God — Page 139
139 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS that such a view is evidently false, and it is a claim like the claims made by children, or it is like the delirious raving of the drunkards. People who have this view have been unable to offer any corroborating evidence and have not demonstrably proven their claim. How could it be when the peerlessness of the attri - butes of God requires that all creation be in a defective state before Him. So that all may know that the quali - ty of being everlasting—which is among the aspects of absolute perfection—is not found in anyone, except this Ever-living, Lord of Honour, and so that they may come to know that He is Independent and Besought of all and Self-Sufficient. His own Being is sufficient for Him; He is in no need to take a helper or friend. And He has no need to cause someone to be ever lasting. For His Self- Sufficient Being, there is nothing that He is in need of, and He has no need of His creation, instead, His Being necessitates the manifestation of Lordship so that it may be known that Lordship is among His personal attri - butes. Thus, He creates whatever He wills through His command and intent. Sometimes His Being requires the manifestations of His Oneness so that it may be known that, with His sole exception, everything is destined to end, and He does not have an iota’s worth of need for