Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 101
Footnote Number Eleven — Fifth Objection 101 foundation, walls, and roof are very solid be demolished with the mere breath of one’s mouth? It is foolish to ask why God did not cause His Book to spread to all countries, thereby not allowing people of every disposition to benefit from it. If the light of the sun does not reach certain dark places, or if some people shut their eyes like an owl on beholding the sun, would this mean that the sun has not been created by Allah? If the rain does not fall on some arid land, or a saline area does not benefit from it, then would it follow that the rain of mercy is the work of man? To remove such doubts, God Almighty has made it manifestly clear in the Holy Quran that the guidance of divine revelation is not meant for every temperament, but is meant for those pure temperaments that possess the qualities of taqw a [righteousness] and s al ah iyyat [virtue]. It is only such people who take advantage of the perfect guidance of revelation and are benefited by it. Divine revelation reaches them in any case. In this context, we draw attention to the following verses of the Holy Quran: َكِٕىٰٓلوُا ّٓمٓلا َكِلٰذ ُبٰتِكْلا اَل َبْيَر ِهْيِف ىًدُه َنْيِقَّتُمْلِّل۠ َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ِبْيَغْلاِب َو َنْوُمْيِقُي َةوٰلَّصلا َو اَّمِم ْمُهٰنْقَزَر َو َنْيِذَّلا َنْوُنِمْؤُي ۤاَمِب َلِزْنُا َكْيَلِا َو ۤاَم َلِزْنُا ْنِم َكِلْبَق َو ِةَرِخٰاْلاِب ْمُه َنْوُنِقْوُي۰۰ َّنِا َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك ٌءٓاَوَس ْمِهْيَلَع ْمُهَتْرَذْنَاَء۠ ْمَا ْمَل َنْوُقِفْنُي۰۰ َمَتَخ ُهّٰللا ىٰلَع ْمِهِبْوُلُق َو ىٰلَع ْمِهِعْمَس َو ىٰۤلَع ْمِهِراَصْبَا ٌةَواَشِغ َّو ْمُهَل ٌباَذَع ىٰلَع ىًدُه ْنِّم ْمِهِّبَّر َو َكِٕىٰٓلوُا ُمُه َنْوُحِلْفُمْلا۰۰ ْمُهْرِذْنُت اَل َنْوُنِمْؤُي۰۰ 1 Part Number 1— ٌمْيِظَع۰۰ 1. Al i f L a m M i m [I am Allah, the All-Knowing]. This is a perfect Book; there is no doubt in it; it is a guidance for the righteous, who believe in the unseen and observe Prayer, and spend out of what We have provided for them; and who believe in that which has been revealed to you, and in that which was revealed before you, and they have firm faith in what is yet to come. It is they who follow the guidance of their Lord and it is they who shall prosper. Those who have disbelieved—it is being equal to them whether you warn them or warn them not—they will not believe. Allah has set a seal on their hearts and their ears, and over their eyes is a covering; and for them is a great punish- ment ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:2–8). [Publisher]