Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 194
194 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad some point in time God died. For if God has not made the creation, then it is inherently independent in its existence and life. What need is there for God? No right or power on the part of God is established by His mere joining together of various elements, especially when body and soul both possess various powers ena - bling them to bond and separate. The soul possesses magnificent powers, like the faculty of vision. The manner in which the human soul can manifest this strength cannot be matched by the soul of any other creature, such as a cow or ox. It is a pity that the Arya Samajists do not consider even these human souls—along with all their powers and properties—to be the creation of God. Now, the question is when both bodies and souls exist independently, and when they possess the inherent ability to join and separate as well, what evidence can be derived from them to establish the existence of God? For when it is said that this water-vessel for example can walk one step, what reason is there to reject that it can walk two? There can only be two kinds of argumentation in favour of the existence of God. Firstly, one observes the creation and reasons for the existence of the cre - ator. This logical possibility does not exist here because they say that God has not created anything. If God had created anything, one could derive from this an argument for the existence of the Creator. The second possibility relates to extraordinary occurrences and miracles. This also furnishes powerful arguments in favour of the existence of God. However, in this respect also, Dayanand and all of the Arya Samajists have confessed that the Vedas do not contain any prophe - cies or mention of miraculous happenings—they say that there is no such thing as miracles. Now tell me what method remains for one to establish an argument in favour of the existence of God according to their religious doctrine? Then, their God is of such a nature that even if one tirelessly worships God for their entire life in the most assiduous manner, one will never receive eternal salvation; one will always have to go round in this circle of reincarnation, at times they may become an insect or something else. As far as the rights due to humanity is concerned, it is sufficient to say that they believe in a concept known as niyoga, which stipulates that if a husband and wife cannot have children, the wife is permitted to sleep with another man to have a child. All of the expenses to provide food, water, fine tonics, bedding, etc. to the man who gives the gift of his sperm is the responsibility of the husband who per - mits his wife to bear the child of this other man. What could be more shameful than this? This is just a brief example. There was a teacher here in Qadian by the p. 460