Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 50
NU S R AT U L- H AQ Q — HE L P OF G OD 50 sorts of plans and devices are employed to destroy them. Nations unite to cause them distress, all unworthy ones shoot arrows at them from the same bow, and all manner of calumnies and charges are fabricated against them so that somehow they might be destroyed and not a trace of them would remain, but ultimately God Almighty manifests the ful- filment of His words. In this way these matters continue throughout their lives. On the one hand, they are honoured with God’s true word which is clear and conclusive and they are given knowledge of hidden matters—which is beyond the ability of man—through the clear word of God, the Mighty and Powerful. On the other hand, through miracu- lous events which establish the truth of that which they had been told, their faith is strengthened and is further illumined as light upon light. To the extent that the human mind demands a certain degree of under- standing to recognize God with complete conviction, that is satisfied with divine manifestations of word and deed so much so that not even an atom’s weight of obscurity remains in the way. This is God, through whose manifestations of word and deed—which contain within them- selves thousands of blessings and forcefully impact the heart—a person has the good fortune of obtaining a true and living faith and—having developed a sincere and holy bond with God—of eradicating the filth of the carnal self. All weaknesses having been removed, the piercing rays of heavenly light dispel one’s inner darkness and a wonderful trans- formation comes into being. Therefore, the religion which does not present this God who is proven to possess these attributes and which confines faith merely to ancient tales and fables and such accounts as are not seen or heard is certainly not a true religion. To follow such a fictitious god is like expecting a corpse to function like the living. The existence or non-ex- istence of such a ‘God’ who does not himself prove his own existence afresh at all times is the same, as if he is an idol that does not speak, does not hear, and does not reply to a question, nor can he manifest his almighty power in such a manner that even a resolute atheist cannot doubt it.