Lecture Sialkot — Page 4
4 L ECTURE S IALKOT It is a proven fact that Hinduism too had become cor- rupted before the coming of Islam. Idol-worship had become rampant all over India. One of the traces of that decadence is the belief of the Aryas that God is dependent upon matter for creation, while the fact is that God stands in no need of matter for the exercise of His attributes. In consequence of this false doctrine they had to adopt yet another false and idolatrous doc- trine, according to which all miniscule particles in the universe and all spirits are eternal and uncreated. Alas! had they pondered deeply over the attributes of God, they would never have said such a thing; because— like humans—if God too needs matter for the exercise of His eternal attribute of creation, how is it that— unlike humans—He does not require matter for His attributes of hearing and seeing? Man cannot hear without the medium of air, nor can he see without the medium of light. Does Parmeshwar also suffer from a similar shortcoming and does He also stand in need of air and light for hearing and seeing? If He is not de- pendent on air and light, then, for a certainty, He is not dependent on matter for manifesting His attribute of creation. It is simply illogical to assert that God stands in need of matter for the manifestation of His attrib- utes. To ascribe human characteristics to God, and to say that creation from nothing is impossible, and to impute human short-comings to Him is indeed a great