Our God — Page 21
Introduction 21 you will soon find the pleasant winds of success welcoming you. Have you not heard these verses of the Promised Messiah as ? اکپرا ےن سک ےہ ی م ا ی خ د� ےھجت امرا اک تمسق ا ی گ اخیل رھپ ہک Who in the world ever besought You, And returned empty handed, the unfortunate one! وت رھپ ےہ سک دقر اس وک اہسرا ہک سج اک وت یہ ےہ بس ےس �پ یارا How assured must then he be, Whose greatest love is You alone. Methods of Inquiry into God’s Existence Now, I will describe briefly what methods to use in our investi- gation concerning [the existence of ] God; for, unless we know the proper way to look for a particular thing, we are unlikely to succeed in finding it. We may waste all our efforts by adopting the wrong method. A person cannot successfully dig a water well until he selects a particular plot of land and digs perpendicularly in a specific manner. If one tries digging horizontally along the earth, for even two hundred miles, they will be unsuccessful as this method is incorrect! Therefore, it would be absurd to complain that all this hard work and labour resulted in nothing; this will be unacceptable for any sensible person. Thus, mere hard work and effort do not matter much, unless appropriately channelled. You see, to achieve anything in this world, we need to follow a proper method in accordance with the laws of nature. Without adhering to the correct process, a particular task cannot be accomplished.