Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 146
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 146 and not that the thoughts of man should be considered to be the word of God. The good or evil thoughts that well up from within us are only those that dwell within us to the extent of our natural capacity; but how is it possible for God’s limitless knowledge and boundless wisdom to be confined within our hearts. What greater blasphemy could there be than for us humans to think that all the treasures of God’s knowl- edge, wisdom, and mysteries of the unseen are also present in our hearts and surge up therein. This would be tantamount to claiming, in other words, that we ourselves are ‘God’ and that besides us there is no being, who is self-subsisting and possesses divine attributes, who should be called God. For, if God truly exists and His unlimited knowledge is special to Him alone, of which our hearts cannot be the measure, then how utterly wrong and absurd would be the claim that our hearts are filled with God’s limitless knowledge, and all the treasures of His wis- dom dwell therein, as if God’s knowledge is limited to that which is contained in our hearts. Please reflect: What is this if not a claim to Divinity, and is it possible that the heart of man should comprehend all the excellences of God? Is it permissible that a particle of insignifi- cant and uncertain existence should become the sun, whose existence is firmly established. Certainly not, certainly not. I have just stated that the attributes of the Divine—like His knowl- edge of the unseen, and the comprehensiveness of the subtle manifes- tations of His wisdom and other signs of divine power—can certainly not be shown by man. God’s word is that which is characterized by God’s greatness, God’s power, God’s blessing, God’s wisdom and God’s uniqueness. Thus, all of these conditions are found in the Holy Quran, the proof of which I shall—God-willing—set forth at its proper place. Hence, if the Brahm u Sam a j still deny the existence of such reve- lation, which comprehends matters relating to the unseen and other matters pertaining to divine powers, they should study the Holy Quran with full attention so that they should come to know that in this Holy Word surges a whole ocean of knowledge of the unseen and the matters