Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 87
Footnote Number Eleven 87 respect to the transitory matters of the world—on the contrary, He has strengthened it with many companions—then why did His eternal and everlasting attribute of great mercy disappear when it was needed for the subtle and intricate affairs of the abode of the Hereafter, which are everlasting and permanent? Why, in this case, did He not strengthen the weak and confused reason by joining it with a perfect companion; and why did He not grant it a partner personally acquainted with this realm in its macro and micro details, who could provide information like an eyewitness so that reason and experience, having been paired, could serve as the fountainhead of multifarious blessings and convey the seeker after truth to the stage of perfect cognition, the eagerness for acquiring which is ingrained in his nature? I do not know who has misled you into thinking that there is some- what of an incompatibility between reason and revelation, on account of which the two cannot coexist together. May God open your eyes and remove the veils over your heart. Can you not understand the sim- ple fact that since reason attains its perfection by virtue of revelation, is warned of its errors, discovers the best course for its intended jour- ney, is delivered from random wandering and confusion, is relieved of useless effort, vain toil, and fruitless travail, converts its dubious and supposed knowledge into definite certainty, and, advancing beyond mere conjecture, is informed of true facts and is comforted and finds peace and tranquillity; then, under these circumstances, is revelation a benefactor, helper, and educator of reason, or its enemy, opponent, and assailant? What kind of bigotry and what type of blindness is it to imagine the venerable educator, who clearly serves as a leader and guide, to be a highwayman and obstructor, and the one who pulls out of a pit to be the one who pushes into the pit? The whole world knows—and all with eyes are observing, and per- ceptive minds are discerning—that there were, and still are, hundreds of thousands of people in the world who believed in the merits and greatness of reason, and despite believing in the ‘apostle’ of reason, and being called ‘wise’, and believing intellect to be a precious commodity