Mahzarnama (The Memorandum) — Page 44
44 Mahzarnama limbless, who sees a fountain spring up in front of him—pure and delectable—so he brought himself to reach this fountain helter skelter, put his lips to the fountain and did not leave it until he drank to his fill. Then our God states, in regard to His attributes, in the Holy Quran: viz. Your God is He Who is Singularly Unique in His being and in His attributes. There is no other being who may be eternal— without any beginning or an end—like unto Him. And there is not any thing which may have attributes akin to His attributes. Human knowledge is dependent upon a teacher, even so it is only finite; but His knowledge does not depend on any teacher and, moreover, it is boundless. Human faculty of hearing depends on air, and is finite; but God's hearing stems from His personal prowess, and is unlimited. Human faculty of seeing depends on sunlight, or any other light, and even so it is finite; but God's light is from His personal light and is infinite. Similarly, human ability to procreate is dependent on some matter and further depends on the element of time, even so it is finite; but God's creativity does not depend on either matter or time, and it is limitless. This is so because all His attributes are unparalleled and peerless, and just as His Being is unparalleled, so are His attributes without any parallel. If He were to be flawed in one of His attributes then the totality of His attributes would become flawed, and His Oneness will be insupportable unless He were unparalleled and peerless in all His attributes in much the same way as He is so in His Being. The aforementioned verses further mean: God is not anyone's son, nor is anyone His son, because He is Self-Sustaining. He is neither in need of father, nor of son. This is the Oneness of God ( Tauheed ) which the Holy Quran has taught, and which is the be-all and end-all of faith. " [Lecture Lahore, Roohaani Khazaa’in vol. 20 pp. 152-155]