The Holy War — Page 30
30 And this example that you have presented, that if this is the case, we would also have to deny God’s attribute of creation; I am amazed why you have brought forward this argument. What relevance is there at all of this argument here? You know, and Muslims and Christians are agreed upon the fact, that the attributes of God which relate to His actions—for example, creation, etc. —carry a general authority in their meaning. That is to say, it has been accepted concerning them that Allah, the Lord of Glory, can employ these attributes from time immemorial and forever. For example, God Almighty created Prophet Adam as without any par- ents, so can anyone from our two groups prove from our Scripture that the power and strength of Allah Almighty to bring about birth in this way, which is established by inductive reasoning, has come to an end? In fact, the Scriptures of both parties make manifest that whatso- ever Allah, the Lord of Glory, has brought into being, He can bring the like of it into being again; as Allah, the Lord of Glory , says in the Holy Quran: ۤاَمَّنِا َنٰحْبُسَف ْيِذَّلا ٖهِدَيِب ُتْوُكَلَم ِّلُك ٍءْيَش َّو ِهْيَلِا َوَا َسْيَل ْيِذَّلا َقَلَخ ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو َضْرَاْلا ٍرِدٰقِب ىٰۤلَع ْنَا َقُلْخَّي ْمُهَلْثِم ىٰلَب َو َوُه ُقّٰلَخْلا ُمْيِلَعْلا۰۰ ۤٗهُرْمَا ۤاَذِا َداَرَا أًـْيَش ْنَا َلْوُقَّي ٗهَل ْنُك ُنْوُكَيَف۰۰ 1 (Pt. 23, R. 4)— َنْوُعَجْرُت۰۰ [Meaning that] Has not He, who created the heavens and the earth, the power to create, like all these things, other things also? Yea, He indeed has the power, and He is indeed the Supreme Creator, the All- Knowing. That is to say, He is Perfect in creating and knows how to create in every manner. Verily, His command is no more than this, that when He intends for a thing to be, and He says to it, ‘Be!’ and so it comes into being therewith. So Holy is He in whose hand is the king- dom of all things. And to Him indeed will you be brought back. 1. S u rah Y a S i n, 36:82–84 [Publisher]