Favours of the Gracious God — Page 143
143 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS nated from God Almighty, and He is the fountainhead of goodness for all. This is another response to the deniers, who allege that man was created mute and God did not teach him anything, nor caused him to comprehend any - thing, and created him deficient. I have stated this for the atheists and the naturalists who do not believe in the religion of God, and auda - ciously speak out whatever falls upon their mind. But for those who believe in what the Seal of the Prophets, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has brought; for them what I have proven from the Clear Book [i. e. the Holy Qur’an] will suffice. Can their faith in the Oneness of God allow them to attribute an act of God to anyone else or divide the act of creation between God and feeble humanity? Or do they regard His noblest creation as de - ficient and reliant upon their own deficient selves? Certainly not! For such a statement could not issue forth from the mouth of a believing monotheist. For the faculty of speech has a special distinction, just like life itself. Similarly, of all the animals, Allah has singled out human beings to be bestowed the faculty of speech. Thus, just as man has been bestowed the blessing of life from Ar-Ra h m a n [the Most Gracious], similarly he has received the blessing of speech from Al-Mann a n [the Benefactor].