Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 105
Footnote Number Eleven — Fifth Objection 105 present unreasonable doubts and hold baseless views in opposition to incontrovertible evidence and irrefutable arguments is the sign of fool- ishness and naivety. If it is asked, what about the salvation of those who had no access to a revealed book. The answer is, if they are totally uncivilized and deprived of human intelligence, they will not be called to account in any way, because they fall into the categories of the insane and imbe- ciles. But those who possess some degree of intelligence and awareness will be called to account according to the degree of their intelligence. It would be an impertinent intrusion into the works of God, which is not permissible at all, to speculate as to why God created a difference in capacities, and as to why everyone was not bestowed such capacities as would enable them to arrive at the stage of perfect enlightenment and perfect love. Any sensible person can understand that God is under no obligation to bestow the same rank upon everyone and to endow all with the best faculties. It depends entirely upon His grace and He is free to bestow or not to bestow on whomsoever He pleases. For instance, God has made you a human, and has not made a donkey human. He has granted you intelligence, but not to the donkey. You have been endowed with knowledge, but a donkey has not been so endowed. This is entirely the will of the Master, and is not a matter of right which you had and a donkey did not. In short, as a clear differentiation of ranks is discernible in God’s creations, which no reasonable person can deny, can such created beings, who do not even have a right to exist let alone a right to be awarded a high rank, raise any objection before the Authoritative Master. It is a bounty and beneficence of God Almighty to bestow the honour of existence upon His creatures, and it is obvi- ous that the Bestower and Benefactor has the authority to regulate His bounty and His beneficence. If He did not have the authority to bestow less, He would not have the authority to bestow more, and in such a case He would certainly not be able to exercise His authority as the Master. It is obvious that if creation were arbitrarily vested with any right against the Creator, it would result in an unending chain of