Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 124
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 124 become sinners and transgressors—how can we then say that He will call us to account for our good or evil deeds, unless He has expressly promised to do so. However, if God has made such a promise, every sane person will be assured that He will certainly keep His promises. Every person, unless he is an absolute fool, knows that a promise and a lack of promise are not one and the same thing. The satisfaction and reassurance that comes from a promise cannot come from mere self-concocted ideas. For instance, God Almighty has promised the believers in the Holy Quran: َو َنْيِذَّلا اْوُنَمٰا َو اوُلِمَع ِتٰحِلّٰصلا ْمُهُلِخْدُنَس ٍتّٰنَج ْيِرْجَت ْنِم اَهِتْحَت ُرٰهْنَاْلا َنْيِدِلٰخ ۤاَهْيِف اًدَبَا١ؕ 1 Part Number 5— َدْعَو ِهّٰللا اًّقَح١ؕ َو ْنَم ُقَدْصَا َنِم ِهّٰللا اًلْيِق Meaning that, God will admit believers who do good works into ever- lasting paradise. This is a true promise from God and who can be more truthful than Allah in word. Now judge for yourselves whether the ideas that come to your mind can ever equal this specific promise. Can one who has been promised some wealth by a truthful person be in the same position as he who has been made no promise at all by that truthful one. Can one bestowed with good news and one without it be the same. Of course not. Now ponder over it in your hearts as to which is the more clear, open, and satisfactory course of action—the one in which there is a promise of good reward from God, or the one that is done merely with one’s own will and God remains silent about it. Is there any wise person who would not consider the existence of a promise better than the absence of a promise. Is there any heart that does not yearn for a promise. If God were forever silent, then why would anyone strive in His cause and with what expectation. Can he regard the thoughts of his own imagination to be the promise of God. Certainly not. If His intention is unknown—as to what recompense He would bestow and 1. S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:123 [Publisher]