The Sanatan Faith — Page 19
POSTSCRIPT I have explained in the book, Nasim-e-Da'wat that every religion is evaluated by three criteria. Firstly, its tenets regarding God. Sadly, the teachings of the Āryah Samāj do not regard Parmeshwar to be the fountainhead of all creation. Rather, they believe that, like Parmeshwar, every thing is eternal, self-subsisting, and self-made—that Parmeshwar has created neither them nor their attributes. Thus, it is clear that the Parmeshwar of the Āryah Samāj is in not a true Parmeshwar; otherwise, all beings should have originated with Him. How is it that He is called Parmeshwar but everything else is self-exist- ing? How can that which He has not created belong to Him? Would any Aryah explain this illegitimate possession? It would be mere oppression to rule over the things that are not created by Parmeshwar. If the Āryah Samāj accuses the Sanātan Dharm of idol wor- ship, then according to their own tenets, they are more suscepti- ble to this accusation because idol worshippers do not consider their idols and gods to be Parmeshwar and self-existing. They