Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 132
132 BAr a h i n-e-a h madiyya needs of the time and encompassed all the requirements of the age. So effective and forceful was his teaching that thousands evidence that not only was he a true Prophet of God, but was the great- est of all Prophets. h is truth is evident because in those times of darkness the law of Providence demanded a light-bearer, and God’s own eternal practice required that h e should send a true guide into the world. It is God’s eternal law that when suffering and hardship reach their extreme, h is mercy is aroused and h e creates the means for the alleviation of the world’s woes. For example, when drought causes a severe famine and people are about to perish, God the Noble causes rain to fall; when there is an epidemic and thousands begin to die, h e causes some means for purifying the air or some remedy to be found; when a nation is in the grip of a tyrant, he is ultimately replaced by a just and benevolent ruler. In the same way, when people forsake the path of God and renounce Tau hi d and worship of God , h e raises someone whom h e grants perfect vision and honours him with h is word and revelation, in order to guide mankind and bring about a reformation of the evil that has occurred. The truth is that God is the Sustainer on whom depends the existence and continuity of the universe. h e does not deprive h is creatures of h is benevolent attributes, nor does h e suspend them. r ather, they instantly come into play when they are required. h aving arrived at the logical and unavoidable conclusion that whenever a calamity strikes the world, an opposite d ivine attribute comes into operation to break its hold; and having learnt from his- tory, from the very admission of the opponents [of Islam] and from the textual evidence of the h oly Quran that, at the time of the h oly Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the world was in an upheaval because all people had turned their backs on the path of Tau hi d , sincerity, and godliness; and having known that the man who delivered the world from the darkness of idolatry and polytheism and established Tau hi d was none other than the h oly Prophet sa , we cannot help but draw the conclusion that the h oly Prophet sa is a true guide from God. In h is h oly Word, Allah the Almighty presents this argument as follows: