Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 67
Section One 67 the Benevolent God safeguards them from annihilation and destruc- tion. For instance, had God Almighty not protected the physical world and had He not provided His assistance with His blessed rains in times of severe droughts, people would have ultimately consumed all of their crops from their previous harvests and, thereafter, come to a painful death for lack of food. This would have resulted in the extermination of the human species. Similarly, if God Almighty had not appointed the night and the day, the sun and the moon, and the air and the clouds to carry out their assigned duties at their appropriate times, the entire sys- tem of the universe would have been upset. Alluding to this very point, Allah the Almighty Himself has said: ْمَا َنْوُلْوُقَي ىٰرَتْفا ىَلَع ِهّٰللا اًبِذَك ْنِاَف ِاَشَّي ُهّٰللا ْمِتْخَي ىٰلَع َكِبْلَق١ؕ َو ُحْمَي ُهّٰللا َلِطاَبْلا َو ُّقِحُي َّقَحْلا 1 [ Part Number 25 ] — ٖهِتٰمِلَكِب ٗهَّنِا ٌۢمْيِلَع ِتاَذِب ِرْوُدُّصلا Meaning that, do these disbelievers say that this is not the Word of God and that it has been falsely attributed to God? Had God so willed, He would have ceased its revelation, but He does not do so because it has always been His way to manifest truth and expose falsehood with His Words. This befits Him alone inasmuch as He alone is aware of spiritual maladies and He alone has the power to cure diseases and restore health. — َو َوُه ْيِذَّلا ُلِّزَنُي َثْيَغْلا ْۢنِم ِدْعَب اَم اْوُطَنَق َو ُرُشْنَي ٗهَتَمْحَر َو َوُه ُّيِلَوْلا ُدْيِمَحْلا 2 Part Number 25 He then says by way of argument that Allah is that perfectly Merciful Being whose eternal law from the beginning is that He certainly sends down rain at the time of such straitened circumstances when people become hopeless; He thereby spreads His mercy upon the land, and 1. S u rah ash-Sh u r a , 42:25 [Publisher] 2. S u rah ash-Sh u r a , 42:29 [Publisher]