Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 23
CHAPTER One 23 Besides all these arguments, it is clear to every wise person that were it permissible that someone other than God could have the power to create that which God has created by the hand of His Providence, then no part of creation could be cited as a perfect sign of the existence of the True Creator, and the matter of His recognition as the Creator would become entirely doubtful; for if some of those things that have been created by God Almighty could be created by someone else, then there is no reason why someone else cannot create everything that God has created. Now as it has been established with categorical arguments that it is necessary for everything that comes from Allah to be match- less, and that its matchlessness is a conclusive proof of its being from Allah, this fact should suffice to fully expose the falsity of those who hold that it is not necessary for the Divine Word to be matchless, or that its being matchless is no proof of its being from God. Here, for the purpose of completing the argument, I find it appro- priate to remove yet another misconception that is deeply rooted in their minds due to their short-sightedness, namely, that there are many texts in the world, the likes of which have not been produced to this day, but these texts cannot be taken as the word of God. So, let it be clear that this objection, too, stems from a lack of thought and reflection. Otherwise, it is quite obvious that no matter how lucid and eloquent a human text may be, it would be illegitimate to claim that the writing was truly beyond the power of man and that its author accomplished a divine feat. Rather, anyone with the least bit of common sense knows that a thing that has been created by human faculties cannot be consid- ered beyond the power of man; otherwise no man could have created it [in the first place]. By calling a word the word of man, you have yourself admitted that human powers can create it; and if it is of the kind that can be created by man, how can you call it matchless. Only halfwits or madmen can be expected to first accept that a thing has been created by human faculties and then nonsensically claim that it is now above and beyond the power of man to create. The sum of their insane prop- osition would be that human faculties are both capable and incapable