The Truth About Salvation — Page 31
31 God accepts sincere repentance. At the conclusion of Huzoor’s address, the Christian gentleman 8 who asked the initial question proceeded to enquire over the Qur’anic assertion that God sets a seal over the hearts and ears of people and when this is the case, how could such people achieve salvation? Huzoor responded in the following terms: Nowhere does the Qur’an say that people are born inherently evil. The passage which speaks of a seal set over their hearts and ears possesses a different meaning. For example, the human hand has the ability to grasp things, but there is a group amongst the Hindus who so incapacitate their hands that they lose this ability. Who is to blame for this? Those who perpetrate this act. But who incapacitated the hand? God. If God was unwilling to do so, He could have prevented it. Instead, according to the law of God, He revokes His blessings from those who are ungrateful. The passage you have referred to applies to such people when it says: َمَتَخ ُهّٰللا ۰۰ َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك ٌءٓاَوَس ْمِهْيَلَع ْمُهَتْرَذْنَاَء۠ ْمَا ْمَل ْمُهْرِذْنُت اَل َنْوُنِمْؤُي 9 ۰۰ َّو ْمُهَل ٌباَذَع ٌمْيِظَع ١ٞ َو ىٰۤلَع ْمِهِراَصْبَا ٌةَواَشِغ ١ؕ ىٰلَع ْمِهِبْوُلُق َو ىٰلَع ْمِهِعْمَس 8 By the Grace of God after listening to Huzoor’s answer on this subject the gentleman in question became an Ahmadi. [Publishers] 9 Those who have disbelieved—it being equal to them whether thou