Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 87
87 the power of Allah Almighty. Now if someone were to assert that if this were the case, we would have no rib, I would respond by saying that this is a false analogy. Do not judge Allah the Exalted by your own standards. If I did not consider God Almighty to be Powerful and Magnificent, I would not be able to witness these examples of the acceptance of my prayers. One may observe whose power was at work in the case that was presented before Captain Douglas. Doctor Clark, a man that commanded influence on account of his religion, was involved and he was joined by the lawyer Ram Bajhat, from the Aryas; then Maulvi Muhammad Hussain, a staunch enemy was presented as a witness against me. With all of this, there was the statement of Abdul Hameed himself, in which he alleged that I had sent him to commit the murder in question. This statement was submitted in Amritsar and he repeated this statement before the Deputy Commissioner as well. Now, who moved the heart of Captain Douglas to doubt the statement made by Abdul Hameed and hand him over to the police again to ascertain the actual truth of the matter? In short, everything that transpired during the course of this case clearly demonstrated the power and control of Allah the Exalted. The reason I have mentioned this case is only to explain that it is utterly foolish and in fact a sin to measure Allah the Exalted by the same yardstick that one would use to measure a lowly human, no matter who that person may be. Therefore, to suggest that if the rib of Adam, peace be upon him, was taken out and then Eve was fashioned from that rib, then how do human beings at present have ribs, is a very ignorant thing to say and is an affront to Allah Almighty. Bear in mind that European philosophy is full of misguidance and leads a person to ruin. In the same manner, to claim that there was no era in time in which humans were created from clay is wrong. I do not believe in the eternity of species at all. I do believe, however, that Allah the Exalted has never ceased being the Creator; the world has withered away into non-existence many times and then been recre- ated anew; this is nothing unusual. When death occurs in individual cases, why should it not be a possibility that the whole of existence will taste of death? Even the Hindus and Greeks believe in the Great Reckoning. Those who consider Allah the Exalted to be a Being of finite powers may be described as follows: 1 ٖ اهللَ حَقَّ قَدْرِه قَدَرُوا مَا They do not make a just estimate of Allah. 1 al-Hajj, 22:75 p. 76