Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 15
15. The theory of vicarious atonement is deeply connected with Trinity. If the former is proved to be untenable, the latter falls to the ground. Since this belief is clearly polytheistic in nature, the Divine attribute of knowledge has, therefor, been specifically stressed in this context. The. Promised Messiah (peace be on him) has in his books, discussed threadbare the point that if one is endowed with perfect knowledge of a thing, one could certainly make it. If, for instance, a man knows that a house can be built by laying bricks together in a certain order, he can be enabled to build one therewith. Or, if one knew that by mixing earth with water and pouring the mixture in moulds, one could make mudbricks and by burning the same in the fire-kiln, one could make clay-bricks, he would be able so to make bricks. . Similarly if one could know how super-soil was made one would be able to make it. In short, the art of creation is dependent on knowledge. When a man attains perfect knowledge of the composition and constitution of a thing, he can make it. If one knows how to make a watch, he can manufacture one. One who attains perfect knowledge of the functions of organs, he would become a doctor. Briefly speaking, the perfect knowledge of a thing equips with power of perfect creation. . And when a person has perfect knowledge, it means, he is also capable of perfect creation and perfect design and that he dispenses with the need of another designer. . In the abbreviation, the letter 5 stands for the attribute, the Sufficer; Allah has hinted thereby that He is Sufficient as much for the creation of men as for their management and equally for planning for their existence, without there being an occasion, or cause or need of a vicarious atonement, or a son or holy ghost, as help.