Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 47
Mahzarnama 47 created the sun, the earth and everything else that existed. This gratuitous grant is named " Rahmaniyyat " in the Word of God and, with respect to this quality, God is named Rahman. He further states: “The Merciful”, i. e. , that God Who gives higher reward for virtuous acts and does not lay waste anyone's labour. He is named Raheem with respect to this quality which itself is known as " Raheemiyyat. " He further states: “Master of the Day of Judgement”, i. e. , God keeps everyone's recompense in His own hand. He has no such functionary to whom He may have delegated the Kingdom of the Heaven and the Earth—detaching Himself, sitting around, doing nothing—such that the same functionary may dole out all reward and punishment, either now or in future. He further states: “God is such a King Who is without blemish”. It is obvious that no human kingship is faultless, e. g. , if all subjects of a king go into exile and flee to another country, then his monarchy cannot endure. Or, for instance, if all his subjects are stricken with famine, then who will pay the royal tax? Or, if his subjects start debating with him on his claim to superiority over them—calling it into question— then how should he demonstrate his superiority? So, God's Kingship does not suffer from all that. If He so wills, He can destroy the entire Kingdom instantly and bring about entirely new creation. If He were not the Creator, with such transcendental Power, He could not have run His Kingdom without resorting to excessive injustice: having forgiven His creatures once and after granting them salvation, from where could He have brought about the second act of Creation? Could He have rounded up the people who had already attained salvation, to send them again to the world—retracting His forgiveness and deliverance by compulsion—causing His Godhood to become flawed. Then He would be with a blemish, resembling worldly kings who make laws for this world, taking issue with trifles and, at times when they are selfishly motivated, resort to cruelty and compulsion as naturally as an infant takes to his mother's milk. For instance, the royal writ allows that the