The Heavenly Decree — Page 7
7 by the Lord that I believe in angels exactly as they have been described in the Sharia. I also said that I do not deny Lailatul Qadr [the Night of Decree], rather I believe in it exactly as detailed in the Quran and A ha d i th *. I also made it clear that I believe in the existence of Gabriel and in Prophetic revelations and do not deny them; that I do not deny Resurrection and the Day of Judgement; that I do not harbour doubts as to the greatness, the perfect power and signs of my Lord in contrast to the half-baked ideas of the naturalists, and that I do not reject miracles due to their improbability in the eyes of reason. I have declared it many a time in public gatherings that I have complete faith in the limitless powers of God Almighty, and that I consider unlimited power to be an essential attribute of Divinity. If one believes in God but considers Him powerless in anything, such a god is no God at all. And if God is that weak— Heaven forbid—then those who believe in Him are doomed and all their hopes are frustrated. He is undoubtedly capable of doing everything, but it has to be worthy of His Majesty and His Holiness. It should not go against His perfect attributes, nor contradict His true promises. In spite of all these proclamations, Mi yan Sahib pronounced a confirmation of the fatwa of heresy * Plural of Hadith. [Publisher]