Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 96
96 BAr a h i n-e-a h madiyya clear and unequivocal arguments, all the corruptions, impurities, defects and distortions that have found their way into people’s beliefs, actions, sayings and deeds; and teaches all ethical and moral norms, the knowledge of which is essential for becoming truly human. It resists every prevalent evil with equal force; and its teachings are straightforward, well-founded and flawless, as if they were the very reflection of the laws of nature and a true picture of human conscience. Indeed, they are as the sun for the illumination of mind and heart, and make good the deficiency inherent in reason. And when I looked at the current state of the other so-called revealed books, it was clear to me that all of these books are com- pletely devoid of all these perfect qualities. They attribute all kinds of false notions to the person and attributes of God; and their fol- lowers adhere to strange and dubious doctrines. While some deny that He is the Creator and the All-Powerful and hold themselves as His equals and partners in eternity and self-existence, others consider idols and small gods and goddesses to be a partner or custodian of His Kingdom. While some are carving sons and daughters and even grandsons and granddaughters to Him, oth- ers believe that He Himself was reincarnated as a crocodile or a tortoise. Thus they vie with one another in presenting His Perfect Being as a most unfortunate being, who could not even acquire the perfection and excellence that reason expected of Him. Dear brothers! To be brief, when I found people mired in such false beliefs and lost in such darkness, my heart trembled and my whole being was shaken to its foundations and I took it upon myself to write this book for their guidance. It became for me an obligation that I had to fulfil at all costs. And so, by the grace of