Allah The Exalted — Page 114
1 1 neither His fury like human fury, nor is His love like human love. God Almighty has said in the Holy Qur’ a n: 94 That is to say: There is nothing like God or His attrib- utes. We enquire from the speaker why does Permeshwar, according to the Ved a s, punish sinners, so much so that He degrades them from the status of humanity and makes them dogs, swine, apes and cats, etc. One has to admit that He possesses an attribute that demands such pun- ishment. This attribute is described in the Holy Qur’ a n as God's wrath. . . . If Permeshwar does not possess an attribute that demands that He should punish sinners, then why does He incline towards punishment? He must possess an attribute that demands recompense and that attribute is called wrath, but that wrath is not like the anger of man, but is suited to the dignity of God. That is the wrath that is mentioned in the Holy Qur’ a n. . . . When God bestows His bounty upon those who act righteously, it is said that He loves them. When He punishes those who act viciously, it is said that He is angry with them. Thus as wrath is men- tioned in the Ved a s so is it mentioned in the Holy Qur’ a n; the only difference being that according to the Ved a s the wrath of God in its severity can turn men on account of their sins, into insects, etc. but the Holy Qur’ a n does not carry God's wrath to such extremes. The Holy Qur’ a n says that despite punishment God maintains the humanity of a person and does not condemn him to some other existence, which shows that according to the 94 al-Sh u r a , 42:12 [Publisher]