Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 12
12 of His existence and proclaims to them through His chosen Messengers: 13 ْيِّنِا ٌبْيِرَق١ؕ ُبْيِجُا َةَوْعَد ِعاَّدلا اَذِا ِناَعَد١ۙ اْوُبْيِجَتْسَيْلَف ْيِل َو اْوُنِمْؤُيْل ْيِب ْمُهَّلَعَل َنْوُدُشْرَي I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way. 8. We also believe that, from time to time, God implements His special decree in the world. It is not merely the law of nature or the physical law that comes from Him; He also manifests His special providence through which He demonstrates His power and majesty and makes us cognizant of His Omnipotence. Many, out of ignorance, deny these Divine decrees and refuse to accept anything other than the laws of nature, which they call the laws of Providence. These laws can be called laws of nature, but they cannot be called laws of Providence, for there are other laws apart from these through which God helps His chosen ones and destroys their enemies. Had there been no such laws, how could the weak and friendless Moses have tri - umphed over the mighty and tyrannical Pharaoh? How could Moses have succeeded despite his helplessness? How could Pharaoh have been ruined despite his power? If there were no such laws, how could it be that the whole of Arabia was intent on destroying the Holy Prophet s as and yet God made him triumphant in every encounter and protected him from his enemies, until, along with ten thousand pious men, he finally returned to the same land that he had been forced to migrate from in the company of a single devoted follower? Can the