The Holy War — Page 218
218 system of cause and effect would be cast into chaos, and much disorder would result in how to recognise the True Creator. Even praying would become pointless because if we have full freedom, then prayer would be of no benefit. You should remember that to believe in God Almighty as the Cause of all causes does not necessarily imply compulsion. This is indeed what faith is, and what unity of God is, that one should believe in Him to be the Cause of all causes and to pray to Him so that He can remove our weaknesses. Then you say that the statement that says they have not been given eyes to see is metaphorical. Sir, if this is metaphorical then how did you come to know that the seals on hearts and coverings on eyes are literal? Is it the case that here you can see the seals and the coverings? Then you state that you should rejoice if you believe that you have refuted mercy without recompense. It is sad that you still have not understood my point. This much is, of course, clear that justice means to establish the rights of both the parties; in other words, it becomes necessary thereby that God Almighty should have a right upon His servant which He should demand, and the servant of God should have a right upon God Almighty which he should petition for. However, both these points are false because God Almighty cre- ated man out of absolute nothingness, and He did so as He wished; for example, a man or a donkey or an ox or some insect or ant. Thus, what right? And even though the rights of God are limitless, what does seeking them mean? If it means that God Almighty is in need of the obedience of His people and His Divinity can remain established only if every person becomes pious and pure-hearted or else His Divinity will slip away from His hand, then this is absurd because if the whole world became pious, His Divinity would not increase at all, and if they all became evil, then it would not decrease at all. Hence, what does it mean for a right to be demanded as a right? The truth is that God Almighty, who is Independent and Self- Sufficient and is above the fact that He should ask for some right to