Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 365
365 setting apart; always the same language Sanskrit for the expres- sion of His will. Thus the Jews and the Christians on the one hand, and the Arya Samajists on the other, do not recognise Almighty God to be the Lord of the worlds, for if such were not the case, there is no reason that God, who is the Lord of all the worlds and of all people and not the Lord of the Israelites or the Lord of the Aryas alone, should have been regarded as choosing a single people for the manifestation of His will like a biased and one- sided man. It is, therefore, to refute this erroneous doctrine ithat Almighty God has opened His Holy Book with the verse quoded above. The Holy Quran is full of verses which clearly contradict the belief that Prophets have been raised from one -particular tribe or been sent to one particular country. It teaches jjby the introduction of many and varied comparisons that as ^Almighty God has been providing the -physical necessities of 'every country according to its conditions and circumstances, so 'He also provided means for its spiritual training and the satis- faction of its spiritual requisites. The Holy Qiiran says in one iplace in the clearest words y. & U**. Ka. U ) &* ) ^ ^1 3 i. e > "There is no people among whom a Warner has not been sent. " In fact, it 'will be admitted without any discussion that the :true and perfect: God in whom we must- all believe is the Lord. of the whole world. His sustenance is not limited to a particu- lar tribe or a particular age or a particular country, but He is the Sustainer of all people, the Lord of all ages, the King of all places and countries, the Fountain-head of all grace, the Source of every power, physical and spiritual, the Nourisher of all that is created and the Supporter of all that exists. The grace of God encompasses the whole world and encircles all people and all ages. It was ordained thus that no one might complain and