Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 36
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 36 anyone else and are replete with His mighty power is not only proven by experience but also by rational arguments that demonstrate that God must be One without any partner in respect of His person, all His attributes, and acts; and also demonstrate that the proof of His divinity is contingent upon the proof of such unique qualities. The ignorant people who have not accepted the inimitability of the Divine Word, should, therefore, be ashamed of themselves and reflect. Their refusal is based only on their concocted notion that since the dis- course of God is made up of the same words and letters as the discourse of man, why should man be considered incapable of creating the like of the Word of God. I pity those who have failed to grasp this solid and evident truth that has been proved by irrefutable arguments. Had they possessed even a little God-given intelligence, they would ask them- selves first—prior to advancing such foolish criticism—as to whether or not it is necessary for God to be One without having any partners in His person, His attributes, and all His actions. And if they had not reflected over this argument, at least they should have thought over the second argument, that when a being, by their very admission, is Supreme and Peerless in knowledge and crea- tive powers, then everything that proceeds from such powers should also be peerless. For, as I have already mentioned, the magnificence and grandeur of a discourse depends on the intellectual prowess of the author; the greater his intellectual prowess, the higher in degree would be the greatness and grandeur of his composition. And if they have shut their eyes to this argument as well, I wish that they had borne in mind the fact that all things have distinct qualities. Are they not aware that there are hundreds of things that belong to the same species; rather, they are counted under one category and yet the All-Wise God has granted different qualities to each and every one of them. [Continued in Part IV. ]