Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 230
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 230 which has come within the purview of human experience defines the limits of God’s powers, and His absolute might and universal provi- dence cannot accomplish anything beyond those limits. That is to say, God’s powers and wisdom are only those that have been discovered so far by man. It is obvious that such a belief is a total negation of the con- cept of His universal providence and omnipotence. For, perfect rub u bi- yyat and perfect omnipotence are as unlimited as His own Being and cannot be confined within the limits of any human law or regulation. اک امنیئ دقرت راہتس رہزگ وصحمر ی ہ ن � اک دخایئ ےہ ٰ ى دوع رصح اک دقروتں یک دخا The path of the manifestation of the divine power is not limited; To restrain God’s powers is tantamount to a claim to Divinity itself ! It should be known that a phenomenon which is unlimited and unre- strained cannot possibly fall within the scope of any law, because an object which is confined from beginning to end within a system of known and understandable laws, and not a single aspect of it is beyond their sphere, and which is neither unknown nor unfathomable, is a limited object. If, therefore, the perfect omnipotence and universal rub u biyyat of God Almighty were conceived to be within the scope of limited and restricted laws, then that which has been accepted as being unlimited, would necessarily be deemed limited. It is a grave error of the Brahm u Sam a jists that they want to squeeze the unlimited pow- ers and rub u biyyat of God Almighty into the compass of their narrow and limited experiences, and do not understand that matters which fall within the purview of an established and fixed law, must necessarily be limited in their scope, while the wisdom and powers possessed by the Limitless Being must, by their very nature, be unlimited. Can any sensible person claim that the Being of Absolute Power knows only one particular method of creation and has no idea beyond that? Are His infinite powers to be measured by the yardstick of human conjecture, or can His mighty and unlimited wisdom remain incapa- ble of exerting its authority and control over the universe at any time?