Through Force or Faith? — Page 31
Refutation of the Allegations Made Against Islam 31 to have recourse to tyranny or to adhere to justice and be deprived of His Godhead. The vessel of God carries on with full power and justice. Then He is ُ السَّلَم , the Source of Security; that is to say, He is Himself secure against all defects and misfor- tunes and hardships and bestows security upon His cre- ation. Had he been subject to misfortunes, for instance, had He been subject to being killed by people or by being frustrated in His designs, how would anyone’s heart feel secure that God would save him from misfortunes? The false gods are described in the Holy Quran as follows: ٌزْيِزَعأًـْيَش اَّل ُهْوُذِقْنَتْسَي۠ ُهْنِم١ؕ َفُعَض ُبِلاَّطلا َو ُبْوُلْطَمْلا اَم اوُرَدَق َهّٰللا َّقَح ٖهِرْدَق١ؕ َّنِا َهّٰللا ٌّيِوَقَل َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُعْدَت ْنِم ِنْوُد ِهّٰللا ْنَل اْوُقُلْخَّي اًباَبُذ َّو ِوَل اْوُعَمَتْجا ٗهَل١ؕ َو ْنِا ُمُهْبُلْسَّي ُباَبُّذلا Surely, those on whom you call instead of Allah cannot create even a fly, though they should all combine together for the purpose; and if the fly should snatch away any- thing from them, they cannot recover it therefrom. Week indeed are both the seeker and the sought. They esteem not All a h with the estimation which is His due. Surely, All a h is powerful, Mighty. ( S u rah al- H ajj, 22:74–75) God has all power above every other powerful one and He overcomes all. No one can seize Him or beat Him. Those who fall into such mistakes do not rightly estimate God and do not know what He should be. Then God is the Bestower of Peace and sets forth reasons in support of His excellences and His Unity. This is an indication that a believer in the True God will not be put to shame