Ten Proofs for the Existence of God — Page 32
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 32 times. In the Holy Qur’an Allah the Exalted says: ِ دَعَان اِذَا ِ الدَّاع َ دَعْوَة ُ ْب ی اُجِ ٌ قَرِيْب ِّْ فَاِن ِّْ عَن ْ عِبَادِى َ سَا َ لَك اِذَا 16 َ يَْشُدُوْن ْ لَعَلَّهُم ِْ ب ُؤْمِنُوْا ی ْ وَل ِْ ل ْبُوْا ی ِ فَلْيَسْتَج When My servants ask thee about Me, say : ‘I am present and I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way. ’ Here, a person could ask how we can be certain God is the One Who answers these prayers; why cannot we say the outcomes which emerge from prayer owe themselves to chance as on occasion prayers are seemingly fulfilled, and at other times they are not. If every prayer was effective, such a case could still be made, however, using the example of certain entreaties how can one conclude that they are fulfilled by a deity, rather than the consequence of random events? The answer to this question is that in truth the acceptance of prayer is accompanied by signs. Our master, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as proposed the following test as a proof of the existence of God Almighty. He suggested a 16 Surah Al-Baqarah , 2:187 [Publishers]