Our God

by Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad

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Our God — Page 18

18 deed or thought, whether overt or covert, is beyond the sphere of His knowledge. Islam says that we have One God who is the Helper—i. e. at times of crisis and difficulty, He comes to our aid, provided we have a true relationship with Him. Islam says that we have One God who is Eternal—i. e. He has always been and shall always be; time does not have any effect on Him. Islam says that we have One God who is the Most Majestic—i. e. He is the per- fect blend of all that is perfect and all that is good, and He alone is worthy of our adoration. Islam says that we have One God who is very Loving—i. e. He loves those who establish personal com- munion with Him, and He shows more love and loyalty towards them than any other lover. Islam says that we have One God who Speaks—i. e. He bestows His speech upon those who have estab- lished communion with Him. Though He is invisible to our eyes by virtue of being the Most Subtle, He sprinkles the pure water of his loving speech upon those whose hearts are ablaze with the fire of His love, lest it should burn them to ashes. How beautifully the Promised Messiah as , the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement, has expressed: یرا فطل ت وت رم رک اخک وہات رگ ہن وہات � ی م ک دی اجیت ابغر خ پھ�ی� � ی رھپ دخا اجےن اہکں � But for Your Grace, I would have perished and turned to dust; God only knows where this dust might then have been discarded. Dear ones! This is the God presented by Islam. I do not ask you to believe in Him. All I say is that these are the attributes of as proclaimed by Islam. Islam goes further and proclaims that we can find this God if we seek and strive for Him. Do you now con- sider this search and investigation to be useless and irrelevant? If