Fountain of Christianity — Page 49
49 All-Powerful, for their God was beaten, imprisoned, whipped and crucified by his opponents. If He had indeed been All-Powerful, He would never have borne such dis- grace. Had He been all that powerful, He would not have thought of killing Himself for the sake of bringing salva- tion to His creatures. It is indeed shameful to speak of 'power' in the context of this 'God' who remained dead for three days. It is also strange that while 'God' remained dead, His creatures continued to live without Him! As for their concept of the Oneness of God, the A rya Sam a j believe all souls and particles to be partners with their Parmeshwar by virtue of their self-existence. They also ascribe the creation and continuous existence of these particles and souls to their own inherent ability; and this clearly amounts to associating partners with God. As far as the Christians are concerned, they are clearly op- posed to the Oneness of God, 31 for they believe in three 31 The Quran teaches us that, just as God has created the souls, so has He the power to annihilate them; and that man’s soul attains immortality only through His grace and bounty, and not through its own effort. This is the reason why those who are perfect in their love and obedience to God, and bow themselves before Him with perfect faith and perfect certainty, are given a perfect life which is exclusive to them. Their natural senses and instincts are greatly sharpened, and their nature is blessed with a Light which causes extraordinary spiritual power to be born in them. And all the spiritual powers which they are given in this world are greatly enhanced after death. By virtue of their God-given affinity with the Almighty, they are raised to Heaven, and this is what is known as Raf‘a in the Shariah. But those who do not believe, and do not have pure affinity with God, are not given this life or these attributes. These people, therefore, fall under the Contd…