Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 110
110 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad occur without appropriate means. In fact, they too were the result of certain un- known and hidden means and are supported by objective and impartial science. Those who are short-sighted and inclined to the dark hollows of philosophy can- not understand this fact. I am astonished that when it is an established fact that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, why then do foolish philosophers so boldly deny miracles on the basis of their deficient knowledge of the means that cause miracles. I do believe that if Allah the Exalted so wills, He can disclose these hidden means to His servants, but this is not necessary. When a person constructs a house for themselves, where they take into consideration the provi- sion of all other amenities, the foremost thing that they ensure is the construction of a door to enter and exit the house. If a person owns substantial furnishings, elephants, horses and carts, they will naturally construct a gate that can propor- tionally accommodate the inward and outward movement of their possessions, not a small opening like the one which leads into a snake's hole. Similarly, we find by reflecting deeply and carefully on the action of God Almighty, i. e. the law of nature, that after giving birth to His creation, God has never desired for it to defy the bounds of servitude (ubudiyyat) and detach itself from God's providence (rububiyyat). For divine providence has never sought to divorce itself from the phenomenon known as 'servitude. ' The true philosophy is that those who consider 'servitude' to be an agency that possesses any independent power in its own right are mistaken; for God Almighty has not given birth to it as such. The differing levels between us in our knowledge, thoughts and intellects, and our inability to shed ample light on all matters, is manifest evidence of the fact that without the grace of divine providence, 'servitude' cannot exist. Every particle and shred of our body by nature may be likened to the angels (who are obedient to God). If this were not the case, the very foundation of medicine and even more so, of prayer, would prove meaningless and ineffectual. Observe the heaven and earth, and all that is within them, and reflect: is all of this creation, in its being and essence, independent for its own life and existence? The whole of creation from the heavenly bodies to the things of this world all inherently possess a nature of servitude to God. Every leaf reveals and every branch proclaims that God's divinity is in full operation. The deep and profound powers of God which we cannot expound with our own thoughts and strengths—rather to put an end to his life, Allah Almighty saved him miraculously and did not allow the fire to burn his body. [Publisher]