Favours of the Gracious God — Page 93
93 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS doctrine of Atonement suffices. Now, those who pon - der can conclude that if good deeds have no role in achieving God’s pleasure then how can the conduct of Christians remain given to rectitude? When safeguard - ing against committing theft and fornication is not a cause for spiritual reward, then committing these two acts does not make one accountable either. Now one realises that audaciously immersing into debauchery on the part of Christians is due to the incentive provided by this doctrine. In fact, on the basis of this doctrine, they can commit murder, bear false witness etc. since the doctrine of Atonement, after all, is sufficient and a way to efface all evils. Fie upon such a faith and religion! It should be understood that the word abun , or fa - ther, which ignorant Christians apply to God Almighty by way of injustice and disrespect, is common to all lan - guages. In other words, it is part of those Arabic words which are found in all those languages that are branches of Arabic and, with minor transformation, such words are found in those languages. For example, father and pit a , and b a p and pidar etc. are distortions of the same Arabic word, which, God willing, I shall explain in its appropriate place. According to the lexicon, the formu - lation of this word is anchored on four roots: