Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 371
871 though they can ftiHiish'muCh stronger proof ; of- their truth and heavenly origin than' the Vedas> and though the hand of Divine assistance and help is clearly witnessed work-ing in their support and the supernatural signs of God bear testimony to their truth. How can it then be said that those books are not from God while the Yedas are t)ivine revelation ? And as the person of God is hidden behind many screens, reason requires that He should have manifested Himself in different countries through different books revealed to His Prophets and Messengers chosen from among different people so that they might easily find access to God. It is impossible to conceive that the God who is the Lord of the whole world, who brings out His sun upon all people from East to West and who sends down His rain upon every tract of land according to its needs, -the same-God should in matters spiritual be so narrow-minded as to limit His favours for ever to one people, one country, one language and one age. Certainly no one with common sense will be able to realize the logic according to which Almighty God is able to listen to and understand the prayers of men in their different languages, but cannot reveal His word in any language except the Vedic Sanskrit, having as it were a strong hatred for the others. This is a mystery which no one has been able to solve hitherto. As for myself, I look upon the Vedas as free from all teachings which are not only opposed to reason but also ascribe favouritism and narrow-mindedness to the 'Divine Being. The truth is. that when a long time passes over the revelation of a book, its fol- lowers, eithe'r'iiitentioualiy or carelessly, from personal motives or through ignorance, make some additions and alterations in it, which being the' expression of their personal views give rise to different schools and sects. The resemblance between the Hindus and the Jews with