The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 150
150. Essence of Islam-1 neither His fury like human fury, nor is His love like human love. God Almighty has said in the Holy Qur'ān: ليْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيْ : 94. That is to say: There is nothing like God or His attributes. . We enquire from the speaker why does Permeshwar, according to the Vedās, punish sinners, so much so that. He degrades them from the status of humanity and makes them dogs, swine, apes and cats, etc. One has to admit that He possesses an attribute that demands such punishment. This attribute is described in the Holy Qur'an as. God's wrath. . . . . If Permeshwar does not possess an attribute that demands that He should punish sinners, then why does He incline towards punishment? He must possess an attribute that demands recompense and that attribute is called wrath, but that wrath is not like the anger of man, but is suited to the dignity of God. That is the wrath that is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an. . . . When God bestows His bounty upon those who act righteously, it is said that He loves them. When He punishes those who act viciously, it is said that He is angry with them. Thus as wrath is mentioned in the Vedās so is it mentioned in the Holy. Qur'ān; the only difference being that according to the. Vedās the wrath of God in its severity can turn men on account of their sins, into insects, etc. but the Holy. Qur'ān does not carry God's wrath to such extremes. The. Holy Qur'an says that despite punishment God maintains the humanity of a person and does not condemn him to some other existence, which shows that according to the 94 al-Shūrā, 42:12 [Publisher]