Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 21
Chapter One 21 regarding his needs and God will never let him go to waste. The keen eye of God penetrates into the very depths of every human being’s abilities, and He does not deprive anyone who has the requisite ability from manifesting it. It never happens that a person who, in the knowl- edge of God, possesses the ability for divine cognition, Wal a yat [being a friend of God], Prophethood, and Messengership, should die with- out realizing his potential as a result of certain worldly accidents or as a consequence of being born among savages and that God should not exalt him to the highest rank inherent in the abilities bestowed upon him; rather, only he remains uncivilized, speechless, barbaric, and ignorant, who in his nature is defective, useless, and is just like cattle. Moreover, when God, by conferring diverse types of languages on hundreds of millions of people, has opened the door of learning for people in general, there is no need whatsoever for the teaching of language by divine revelation, except in such a special case when a Sign is intended to be shown; and God Almighty, who is the All-Wise, does not do anything without there being a need for it, nor does He resort to useless and unnecessary methods. Some ignorant A ryas, holding Sanskrit to be the language of Parmeshwar [God], consider all other languages, which comprise hundreds of divine wonders and marvels, to be the invention of man as if man also possesses a sort of divinity; and whereas Parmeshwar revealed only one language, men showed such prowess that they invented scores of languages better than that one. So I would inquire from the A ryas that if it is indeed true that Sanskrit alone issued forth from the mouth of Parmeshwar, and all other languages are the inven- tions of men and have no relationship with Parmeshwar, then do tell us what particular excellences are found in Sanskrit, but are wanting in other languages. For, the speech of Parmeshwar must surely have superiority over the inventions of men. He is called God only because He is Superior to all, Peerless, and Incomparable in His Being, in His attributes, and in His works. If we assume that Sanskrit is the language of Parmeshwar and