Our God — Page 88
88 of water are different from those of fire and stone and air. It will be naïve for us to regard them under same rules and assess them in the same manner. We cannot form an opinion about God by using the criteria applicable to worldly objects; and we cannot explore the universe using criteria applicable to God. Everything will be judged individually by criteria according to its specific features. When we apply this principle, it becomes obvious that God is not created but the universe certainly is. We have established in our discussion above that He cannot be created because if we accept Him as such; i. e. admit a creator for Him, Godhood shifts from Him to His creator instantaneously. In other words, as soon as the idea of createdness crosses our mind, God remains God no more. Second, if we believe that God is created, we have to deny all those attributes that are arguably the pillars upon which the Divine Throne rests, without which God remains God no more. In short, it has been established beyond doubt that God cannot be created. The case of the universe has also been discussed above in detail, that its properties prove it to have been created. Had it been otherwise, we would readily accept its uncreatedness. Whereas God, on account of His attributes, convinces us that He was not created, the condition of the universe bears witness that it is a manifestation of the creative power of some Higher Being and is sustained by Him. First, we do not have to refute fundamental characteristics of any part of the universe by believing it be to be created. But if we believe God to be created, then we have to deny all of His funda- mental attributes, vide supra. For instance, if we believe water, fire, and air to be created, we do not have to deny any of their natural particulars; if we believe that man is created, it does no harm to his