Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 37
Footnote Number Eleven 1 At this point, some foolish people (who are not in the habit of deep reflection) raise the objection that undoubtedly the same words and letters are used in the words of God that are used in the words of man; hence, partnership of man and God exists by necessity as far as letters and words of language are concerned. The answer to this question, which has been explained at length in the main text, is that the knowledge of language itself comes from God. It was He who taught us individual letters and words. They are not the invention of man’s mind. The only thing that man invents is the use of those words in various combinations. That is to say, all that man can do, out of his own choice and by his own effort, is to express an idea by preparing a composition in which he places sentences in the desired order and employs one syntax or the other, as appropriate. Such a composition may be called his own, but I assert that it cannot on any account be equal to the composition of God. Nor is such equality warranted, for this would necessarily entail partnership of the created beings with God, the Maker. The fact that man uses the same letters and words that God has used in His revelation does not amount to man’s partnership with Him. Rather, it is exactly like the case where man uses clay—a creation 1. Footnote Number Eleven is referenced from the main text on page 22. [Publisher]