The Holy War — Page 63
Proceedings—Debate 25 May 1893 63 below, by way of example. Allah Almighty says in the 2nd Part of the Holy Quran, in its 2nd Chapter, S u rah al-Baqarah : َو ۤاَم َلَزْنَا ُهّٰللا َنِم ِءٓاَمَّسلا ْنِم ٍءٓاَّم اَيْحَاَف ِهِب َضْرَاْلا َدْعَب اَهِتْوَم َو َّثَب اَهْيِف ْنِم ِّلُك ٍةَّبٓاَد َّو ِفْيِرْصَت َّنِا ْيِف ِقْلَخ ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا َو ِفاَلِتْخا ِلْيَّلا َو ِراَهَّنلا َو ِكْلُفْلا ْيِتَّلا ْيِرْجَت يِف ِرْحَبْلا اَمِب ُعَفْنَي َساَّنلا 1 ِحٰيِّرلا َو ِباَحَّسلا ِرَّخَسُمْلا َنْيَب ِءٓاَمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا ٍتٰيٰاَل ٍمْوَقِّل َنْوُلِقْعَّي۰۰ That is to say, verily, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and in the alternation of night and day, and in the ships which sail in the sea with that which profits men, and in the water which Allah sends down from the sky and quickens therewith the earth after its death and scat- ters in the earth all kinds of beasts, and in the change of the winds, and the clouds pressed into service between the heaven and the earth—all of these are Signs for the existence of God Almighty and His Unity and the existence of His revelation, and for His being the Regulator of all by virtue of His Will. Now, look how Allah, the Lord of Glory, has argued within this verse in favour of this principle of faith of His, from His law of nature— in other words, from His creations which can be found in the heaven and earth—by looking at which, in clear accord with the intent of this noble verse, it becomes very clearly evident that, without a doubt, there is an Eternal Creator of this world who is Perfect, and One, without any partner, and the Regulator of all that exists by virtue of His will, and the One who sends His Messengers into the world. The reason for this is that all of these creations of God Almighty, and this system of the universe which we see before our eyes, clearly tells us that this world did not come into being all by itself, but that it has an Originator and a Maker who should necessarily have these attributes— that He should be Gracious, and Merciful, and All-Powerful, and One without any partner, and Eternal and Everlasting, and the Regulator by 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:165 [Publisher]