Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 77
CHAPTER IV 77 heavenly Signs to have come to an end. How then is one to acquire a fresh understanding? One is left to ruminate past accounts. Surely, a faith whose 'God' is weak and helpless, and which is entirely dependent on fables and myths, is of no value to any intelligent person. In the same way the Hindu faith, one branch of which is the Āryah sect, falls far short of the truth. According to them, every particle of this universe is primordial and without any Creator. Thus, the Hindus do not believe in the God without whom nothing came into existence and without whose support nothing can continue to exist. They also say that their Parmeshwar cannot forgive the sins of anyone. Such a belief implies that His moral condition is worse than of humans, for we are able to forgive those who transgress against us, and we find the strength in us to willingly forgive the one who sincerely admits his fault, shows deep remorse for his action, resolves to bring about a change in his conduct, and repents before us with contrition and humility. In fact, we experi- ence joy in forgiving. How is it then that the Parmeshwar who claims to be God, lacks this noble virtue when those who have sinned are His own creation and their faculties to commit sin are also from Him? And how is it that He is not appeased unless He has punished them for many millions of years for a single sinful act? Is it possible to attain salvation or spiritual excellence under the rule of such a Parmeshwar? Thus I reflected deeply and found both these religions opposed to righteousness. It is not possible for me to recount in this work all the obstacles in the path of God and the hopelessness that is encountered in these religions. In brief, these two religions offer no guidance to that God who is sought by pure souls and by finding whom man can achieve salvation in this very life and the gates of divine light can be opened for him and perfect love can be generated through His perfect recog- nition. Instead, they lead to the pit of ruin. There are other religions in the world similar to them, but they all fail to lead to the One God, who has no associate. They leave the seeker in darkness. These are all the religions in the study of which I spent a great por- tion of my life. I reflected over their principles with utmost honesty