Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 134
134 less? Then, do not these signs and miracles fill a man’s heart with faith and certainty, and carry him from the stage of there ought to be a creator to the certain and sure stage that there is a Creator? Blessed be Allah, the best of creators! Next I shall deal with another well-known attrib- ute which is taken advantage of by many people, viz. , the attribute of healing. All religions are agreed that God is the Healer. But some people also claim to heal the sick by prayer. A little consideration, however, would show that this healing has nothing to do with God or with prayer, for it is not confined to any particular religion, and the followers of every religion can effect such cures. How can the exercise of this art (for it is no more than an art) be put forward, therefore, as a proof of a man’s relationship with God? Supposing that the effecting of such a cure is the result of the acceptance of prayer and indicates that the person who had effected the cure stands in a special relationship towards God, are we not entitled to ask why the other attributes of God, for instance, the attributes of creation, knowledge, bringing the dead to life, protec- tion, etc. , are not manifested through that person? Those who totally deny the attributes of God would not be concerned with this question, but those who claim to manifest one attribute of God are bound to give a satis- factory explanation of their inability to manifest the others. The real explanation is that every person pos- sesses certain psychic powers whereby he can influence