Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 185
Footnote Number Eleven — Tenth Objection 185 of the night and the day, there are a number of Signs for the wise to prove the existence of the Creator of the Universe and His might. The wise are only those who remember God sitting, standing, and lying on their sides and keep meditating and pondering over the creation of the earth and the heavens and other creations, and their hearts and tongues keep supplicating: ‘O our God, You have not created any of these things in vain and without purpose; rather, everything in Your creation is full of the wonders of Your power and wisdom, and points towards Your Blessed Being. ’ It is true that there is an emphasis on adhering to irrational and impossible beliefs in other Scriptures, which have been interpolated and perverted, as for instance, in the Holy Gospels of the Christians. But this is not the fault of revelation; in fact, this too is the fault of defective reason. Had those who were in thrall to falsehood possessed sane reason and had they been in their senses, why would they have followed these interpolated and perverted books; and why would they have permitted such thinking about the Unchangeable, Perfect and Eternal God—that He transformed Himself into a helpless embryo, was nourished on impure sustenance, took on an impure body, was born through an impure passage and came into the mortal world, and after enduring all sorts of torments died in a state of extreme misfortune, adversity and failure, calling out ‘Eli, Eli’. 1 Ultimately, it was revelation which corrected this error as well. Sub ha nall a h [Holy is Allah]. How exalted and what an ocean of mercy is the Word which brought the creature-worshippers back to Tau hi d [the Oneness of God]. How charming and attractive is that light which brought a whole world out of darkness. Outside of it, thousands who were considered wise and called philosophers remained engrossed in this error and countless similar errors and, until the Holy Quran came, no philosopher had forcefully refuted this false doctrine, nor reformed these ruined people. As a matter of fact, the philosophers 1. Meaning, ‘My God, my God. ’— see Matthew, 27:46. [Publisher]