Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 218
218 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION complete good faith and despite every effort such as he puts forth in seeking the world, his matter rests with God; but I have not come across any such person in my entire life. Therefore, I consider it abso- lutely impossible that anyone can prefer some other faith to Islam on the basis of reason and fairness. Naive and ignorant people learn under the dictates of their lower selves that Tauhid is enough, and that it is not necessary to follow the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; but it is to be borne in mind that it is a Prophet who is the mother of Tauhid from whom Tauḥīd is born, and the existence of God is inferred from him indeed. Who is better than God Almighty to bring the argument to perfection? He has filled heaven and earth with Signs to prove the truth of His Noble Prophet; and, now in this age also, by sending this humble servant, God has displayed thousands of Signs like heavy rain to affirm the truth of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. What then is lacking in completing the argument? He who has sense enough to oppose, why can he not think of a way to agree? He who can see at night, why can he not see on a bright day? Indeed, the way of acceptance is much easier than the ways of rejection. However, the case of a person who is like an imbecile and whose faculties are subnormal rests with God, and I cannot talk about him. He is like those people who die as infants or in childhood. But a wicked denier cannot excuse himself on the basis that he is rejecting with good intentions. It should be considered whether his faculties are capable of comprehending the questions of Oneness of God and Prophethood or not. If it appears that he is capable of comprehending them and denies out of mischief, how can he be excused? Can we excuse a person who observes the light of the sun and yet persists in asserting that it is not 1. The Faith of Islam is so consistent with human nature that its truthful- ness can be recognized even by an uninformed and uneducated Hindu within two minutes, because whatever has been adopted by other religions consists entirely of deplorable doctrines that would make a sad person burst into laughter. (Author)