Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 129
21 February 1905 129 The Need to Show God The Promised Messiah as said: There is a great need for showing God these days. In fact, it is observed that the existence of God is being denied. Many peo- ple imagine, ‘Are we not convinced of His existence?’ In their estimation they think that they believe in God, but if they just take one step in deliberation, they will realise that in reality they are not convinced, insofar as the acts and deeds that pro- ceed from them out of their conviction in the existence of other things, why do they [acts and deeds] not proceed from them out of their conviction in God’s existence? For example, they are aware that if someone were to take arsenic, they would perish. Hence, they do not go near it and do not eat it as they are convinced that if they consume it, they will die. Therefore, if they also had conviction in the existence of God, why would they disobey Him, knowing that He is the Master, the Creator, and the All-Powerful? Thus, the most essential issue is evidently [conviction in] the existence of God Almighty, and only that religion can be worthy of esteem that keeps on presenting it [God’s existence] in newer and newer forms so that it can impact hearts. In fact, this issue is the mother of all issues, and is the furq a n [distin- guishing factor] between Islam and other religions. The Christians have also laid claim to furq a n , that the Gospel has declared such and such characteristics of believ- ers; now, however, these qualities cannot be found in anyone, meaning that no sign or trace of faith remains among them. However, all signs relating to furq a n are present in Islam.