Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 129
21 February 1905 129 <mark>The</mark> Need to Show God <mark>The</mark> Promised Messiah as said: <mark>The</mark>re is a great need for showing God <mark>the</mark>se days. In fact, it is observed that <mark>the</mark> <mark>existence</mark> of God is being denied. Many peo- ple imagine, ‘Are we not convinced of His <mark>existence</mark>?’ In <mark>the</mark>ir estimation <mark>the</mark>y think that <mark>the</mark>y believe in God, but <mark>if</mark> <mark>the</mark>y just take one step in deliberation, <mark>the</mark>y will realise that in reality <mark>the</mark>y are not convinced, insofar as <mark>the</mark> acts and deeds that pro- ceed from <mark>the</mark>m out of <mark>the</mark>ir conviction in <mark>the</mark> <mark>existence</mark> of o<mark>the</mark>r things, why do <mark>the</mark>y [acts and deeds] not proceed from <mark>the</mark>m out of <mark>the</mark>ir conviction in God’s <mark>existence</mark>? For example, <mark>the</mark>y are aware that <mark>if</mark> someone were to take arsenic, <mark>the</mark>y would perish. Hence, <mark>the</mark>y do not go near it and do not eat it as <mark>the</mark>y are convinced that <mark>if</mark> <mark>the</mark>y consume it, <mark>the</mark>y will die. <mark>The</mark>refore, <mark>if</mark> <mark>the</mark>y also had conviction in <mark>the</mark> <mark>existence</mark> of God, why would <mark>the</mark>y disobey Him, knowing that He is <mark>the</mark> Master, <mark>the</mark> Creator, and <mark>the</mark> All-Powerful? Thus, <mark>the</mark> most essential issue is evidently [conviction in] <mark>the</mark> <mark>existence</mark> of God Almighty, and only that religion can be worthy of esteem that keeps on presenting it [God’s <mark>existence</mark>] in newer and newer forms so that it can impact hearts. In fact, this issue is <mark>the</mark> mo<mark>the</mark>r of all issues, and is <mark>the</mark> furq a n [distin- guishing factor] between Islam and o<mark>the</mark>r religions. <mark>The</mark> Christians have also laid claim to furq a n , that <mark>the</mark> Gospel has declared such and such characteristics of believ- ers; now, however, <mark>the</mark>se qualities cannot be found in anyone, meaning that no sign or trace of faith remains among <mark>the</mark>m. However, all signs relating to furq a n are present in Islam.