Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 202
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 202 attributes of Allah. And since it is qualified by all names and attributes, it would mean that it comprehends all perfect attributes. In conclusion, the gist of the meanings of ّٰ لل الحمد [ al h amdulill a h ] is that all types of praise, both external and internal, and whether relating to personal excellences or to wonders of omnipotence, belong exclu- sively to Allah, and no one is His associate in this. Moreover, all true praises and utmost excellences that any wise one’s intellect can imagine or any thinker’s reflection can conceive of are present in Almighty Allah. There is no excellence, the possibility of which is confirmed by intellect, of which God Almighty is bereft like an unfortunate human being. Indeed, no wise person’s intellect can even suggest an excellence which is not found in God. The utmost of the excellences that a person can think of are all found in Him. He is perfect from every point of view in His Being, His attributes, and in His praiseworthy qualities, and He is absolutely free from all ignoble qualities. Now see for yourself that this is the kind of verity which distin- guishes a true religion from a false one! For, reflection upon all reli- gions would reveal that there is no religion in the world, other than Islam, which believes God Almighty to be free from all ignoble qual- ities and to be the possessor of all perfect praiseworthy qualities. The Hindu masses believe their deities to be partners in the realm of Divinity and regard them as constant intermediaries in God’s works. Indeed, they believe them to be able to modify Allah’s designs and to overturn His decrees. Moreover, concerning human beings and other animals—even about some unclean and filth-consuming animals, such as swine—the Hindus believe that their Parmeshwar has, at certain times, incarnated himself in their form, has been involved in all the filth and vileness that pertain to them, and has been afflicted like them with hunger, thirst, pain, torture, fear, grief, disease, death, ignominy, disgrace, helplessness, and weakness. It is obvious that all such beliefs besmirch the excellences of God Almighty, and undermine His eternal and everlasting glory and majesty. And the A ryah Sam a jists, who have emerged as their cultural brethren and imagine that they follow the