The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 149
Allāh the Exalted 149 spiritual beauty, and he, after suffering for a few days, became the occasion for the ruin of Pharaoh. Then last of all the Chief of the Prophets and the best of mankind, our lord and master Muḥammad, the chosen one [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] appeared with a grand spiritual beauty in praise of which it is enough to cite the verse: دنَا فَتَدَتي فَكَانَ قَابَ قَوْسَيْنِ او ادنی 930. This means that: That Propheta drew closer to God and then leaned towards mankind and thus discharged fully that which was due to God and that which was due to man and demonstrated both kinds of spiritual beauty. [Brāhin-e-Aḥmadiyya Part V, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, Vol. 21, pp. 219-221]. In the article that was read out in the meeting, it was stated that Permeshwar is free from anger, rancour, hatred and envy. Perhaps the meaning of the speaker was that in the Holy Qur'an the word anger has been used with reference to God. In contrast, he desired to convey that the Vedās is free from any affirmation that God becomes angry. But this is his mistake. It should be borne in mind that no undue tyrannical wrath is attributed to. God Almighty in the Holy Qur'ān. All that is meant is that, on account of His Holiness, God possesses an attribute which resembles wrath and that attribute demands that a disobedient one who persists in his rebellion should be chastised. God also possesses another attribute which resembles love and that demands that an obedient one should be rewarded for his obedience. The first attribute has been named wrath for the purpose of illustration, and the second one has been termed love. But 93 al-Najm, 53:9-10 [Publisher]