Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 145
145 His life was thus a clear manifestation of the Di- vine attribute of Holiness, and having seen him we marvelled as to the Holiness of Him Whose servant had led such a sinless life from childhood to old age, and not only freed himself from all moral and spiritual short- comings, but was a perfect model of morality and righteous living. 'Glory be to God; and exalted is He above that which they ascribe to Him. ' 64 Another attribute of God is the bringing the dead to life. The New Testament repeatedly states that Jesus as brought the dead to life, but is there any one in the present age who can bring the dead to life? Ancient recitals of such miracles are not enough to convince us. We can believe in this attribute only if we are shown proofs of it in our age. The Promised Messiah as has, by furnishing practical proofs of this attribute of God, renewed and refreshed our faith in it. Before I proceed to deal with these proofs in de- tail, I desire to point out that the attributes of God are of two kinds. Some of them are such that they are not manifested in their full glory in this world, as such manifestation would be contrary to the operation of some other attribute of His. These attributes, therefore, are not manifested in this world in the manner in which they would be manifested in the life to come. The attribute of bringing the dead to life is one such attrib- ute. If the dead were actually brought to life in this world, there would be no such thing as faith, for faith 64 Al-An‘ a m, 6:101.