The Holy War — Page 18
18 Reply From Mr. Abdullah Atham, Christian If this statement of Your Honour is correct that the reality of every matter depends only upon experience—that is to say, that which goes against experience is false—then we would indeed have to deny the attribute of creation because we have experienced the creation of nothing. And we will also have to deny the creation of Adam without parents, and we do not know why we should do this, because absolutely impossible we say of that thing which goes against some attribute of God, and these things that are outside the realm of our experience, like, for example, the creation of things— that is to say, the coming into being from nothing, without any materials, and the coming into being of Adam in a manner that is opposed to the manner of giving birth now—we do not find to be opposed to any holy attribute of God Almighty. Second— In reply to your second premise, you should know that we do not believe a visible thing—which needs eating and drink- ing, etc. —to be Allah, but rather consider such to be simply a man- ifestation of Allah. This is the same kind of premise set forth in the Quran regarding that fire visible in the bush. It is written that, O Moses, take off thy shoes because this is the sacred valley of Tuwa and that I am the God of your father Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.