Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 294
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 294 and explicit statements—which are a component of eloquent speech— their views about the worship of [their] gods, and have composed hun- dreds of mantras in praise of Agni, Way u , and Indra. And they had also begged these gods for cows, horses, and an abundance of wealth. However, if it is claimed that the Vedas had, through forceful words and perfect eloquence, striven to establish divine Unity, had eradicated the misgivings and delusions of polytheists through irrefutable proofs, had presented all of the necessary proof for establishing divine Unity and for the eradication of shirk, had proven divine Unity, and had for- bidden the worship of fire etc. , then this claim would, by all means, be universally and categorically rejected. Who out there does not know that the injunctions of the Vedas lean towards commanding one to worship fire, sing hymns of Indra, and clasp hands before the sun? According to them, the objective of the Vedas was to teach divine Unity, forbid the worship of the sun, moon, etc. , carry polytheists to the stage of divine Unity, reform the corrupt, transform creature-worshippers into God-worshippers, and remove all doubts of polytheists; however, it is obvious that, instead of achieving their objectives, they instead enabled the teachings of creature-worship to be ever more entrenched through their assertions; and these teachings caused the ark of hundreds of millions of people to be dragged into, and millions of people to drown in, the whirlpool of idolatry and dis- belief. Nowhere did they explicitly, and in so many words, command to renounce creature-worship, not to worship fire etc. , and not to beg anything or anyone, except God, to be granted one’s wishes. Nor did they command to believe God to be Incomparable and Peerless. Now, after this, the wise should honestly answer whether the sign of an elo- quent word is that its users should go on using it to mean something other than what is in their mind. Such irrelevant talk is not found even in the words of people who are insane or mentally deficient. Even they have the ability to express what is in their mind. When they crave for water, they do not ask for fire. And when they desire to be given bread, they do not ask for stones. I wonder what sort of eloquence is the