Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 400
400 HAQIQATUL-WAḤI—THE PHILOSOPHY OF DIVINE REVELATION He did it Himself for He is not in the heavens or on the Throne, but is Omnipresent. I also believe that the Vedas alone are the scriptures of the most perfect and holy divine wisdom, that the entire world learnt excellence from the land of the Āryas, and that the Āryas alone are the first [and foremost] teachers of all. It is claimed by Muslims that 124,000 Prophets have appeared over the last five to six thousand years outside the land of Aryas and brought the Torah, Zubūr [Psalms], Gospel, and the Quran. After closely studying and understanding these scriptures. . . I consider all the religious teachings contained in them to be spurious and counterfeit to defame the true revela- tion. . . They have no proof in favour of their truth except greed or foolishness or the sword. . . Just as I consider other things that are opposed to the truth to be false, so do I believe the Quran mutually consistent. What a pity! The Vedic wisdom stands in contradiction to the laws of nature in every situation. Who says God is not Omnipresent? He, on the other hand, is not only Omnipresent but is also the Lord of the Throne. An ignorant person would not understand this fine insightful point. It is a point worth pondering that although everything in this world happens under Allah's command, yet in order to enforce His will, He has ordained certain means. Take for instance, a poison that kills a man and an antidote that benefits. Can we imagine that these two affect the human body on their own? No, not at all! On the contrary, they exert adverse or beneficial effect by the will of God. Thus, they too represent a type of angels. Indeed, each and every particle of the universe whereby a variety of changes takes place is an angel of God. And [our belief in] Tauḥid [Oneness of God] is not complete, unless and until we acknowledge each and every particle to be an angel of God, because if we do not accept all causes that exist in this world to be the angels of God, we will have to admit that all these changes in the human body and in the universe are taking place on their own without the knowledge, intention, and approval of God Almighty. If so, we will have to admit that God is simply idle and unaware. Hence, this is the secret behind the belief in angels that without it, Tauḥīd cannot stand, and we have to concede that every object and every effect is beyond the will of God. This, indeed, is un- derstood about angels that these are things that are functioning under divine command. Since this is a necessary and established law, why then should the existence of Gabriel and Michael be denied? (Author)