Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 238
238 beliefs had replaced the true and simple monotheistic doctrines. The same corruption sfcill prevails in the beliefs entertained by the Arya Samaj who hold that the Creator like mortals stands in need of material to make things. One error called forth another and as a necessary consequence of the first belief, ano- ther erroneous belief had to be formed according to which the par- ticles of matter and the souls are regarded as self-existent and eternal like God Himself. Had the Aryas given a little reflec- tion to this point, they would have discovered the error of their belief. For, if God stands in need of material ia His attribute of creation like mortals, then He must also like men stand in need of resources in His attributes of seeing hearing, &c. The power of hearing in man depends upon the transmission of sound by the waves of air, and the power of seeing in him depends upon the existence of light. Does God too then need air and light to hear and see, and is He like mortals dependent upon these things? If He does not, as the Arya Samaj will be obliged to admit, then it is equally certain that Hedoes not need material for the exercise of Hi. s attribute of creation In short, it is a false logic which attributes to the Divine Being a weakness and dependance like that to be met with in mortals. In fact such a belief involves the likening of Divine powers and attributes to the powers and attributes of man- Man is, no doubt, not able to make something out of nothing, but to judge of the power of God in accordance with that of mortals is an error. Man is a finite being and God is infinite, and by the power of the infi- niteness of His existence, He can bring other things into existence. Such is the mighty power of His Godhead. If He too like men had depended upon other things in the exercise of His power, He could not have been anything more than a mortal. Is there any one who can resist His will or withstand His power? Is