Our Teaching — Page 38
hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad ra 38 encompasses Him. He is the First, the Last, the Manifest, the Hidden, the Creator, the Master. He is the Loving, the Enduring. His actions are willed, not constrained or deter- mined. He rules today as He ever ruled before. His attributes are eternal. 4. We believe that angels are a part of God’s creation. As the Quran has it, angels do what they are bidden to do. They have been created in His wisdom to carry out certain duties. Their existence is real and references to them in the Holy Book are not metaphorical. They depend on God as do all men and all other creatures. 5. We believe that God speaks to His chosen servants and reveals to them His purpose. Revelation comes in words. Man lives by revelation and through it comes to have contact with God. The words in which revelation comes are unique in their power and wisdom. Their wisdom may not be revealed at once. A mine may be exhausted but not the wisdom of revelation. Revelation brings us divine ordinances, laws, and exhorta- tions. It also brings us knowledge of the unseen and of impor- tant spiritual truths. It conveys to us the approval of God as well as His disapproval and displeasure, His love as well as His warnings. God communicates with man through revelation. The communications vary with circumstances and with the recipients. Of all divine communications the most perfect, the most complete, the most comprehensive is the Holy Quran. The Holy Quran is to last forever. It cannot be superseded by any future revelation. 6. We also believe that when darkness prevails in the world and man sinks deep in sin and evil, it becomes difficult for him to