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120 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Consequently, the inevitable conclusion arises that how can a god who is not the creator, be the master? The Arya Samaj also believe that God is neither the Provider, nor compassionate, etc. because whatever man receives is but the fruit of his own action; he cannot receive anything above and beyond this. Now do tell me, can sound reason ever accept a god who is portrayed with such defects? In this context, the phrase 1 ُ ِہّٰلِل ْد ْ َم َ ْح َْلْ ا ( all praise belongs to Allah ) refutes all of the erroneous and absurd notions and ideologies held by every false religion of the world in relation to God Almighty. The Grace of Divine Providence After this, there is the term Rabb-ul-Alamin (Lord of all the worlds). As men - tioned earlier, Allah is that being Who possesses all perfect attributes, Who is free of all imperfections and Who is the absolute pinnacle of beauty and beneficence. This is so that people may be drawn towards Him on account of His unparalleled and matchless being, and they may worship Him with the passion and inclina - tion of their soul. Therefore, the first quality of beneficence is expressed through God’s attribute Lord of all the worlds. It is through this attribute that all crea - tures receive the grace of divine providence. On the contrary, however, all of the other religions present in the world today have rejected this divine attribute as well. For example, the Arya Samaj, as I have just mentioned, believe that whatever mankind receives is the result of their own actions, and they do not benefit from the providence of God in any way whatsoever. After all, when they do not even believe that God is the creator of their souls and when they consider their own souls to be completely independent of Him for their life and existence, they must in turn deny God’s attribute of providence also. Similarly, the Christians too reject this attribute because they consider the Messiah to be their Lord and go about proclaiming ‘Our Lord the Messiah, Our Lord the Messiah. ’ They do not consider Allah the Exalted to be the Lord of everything in this world. In fact, they consider the Messiah to be above and beyond this grace of divine providence and consider him to be the Lord himself. In the same manner, the Hindus generally reject this truth as well, because they consider everything—various elements and such—to be the Lord. The Brahmo Samaj also deny absolute divine providence because they believe that God has done what - ever He was meant to do all at once. They believe that this entire universe and 1 al-Fatihah, 1:2 p. 392