Our God — Page 113
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 113 in such a dispute (by atheist I mean one who either denies God or believes in Him ritually but not in reality). My dear ones! A battle [of ideas] takes place in different parts of the world, in different nations, at different times, under differ- ent circumstances, not tens of times, not hundreds of times, but thousands of times. On each occasion, a helpless and ill-equipped man of God takes a stand in the name of God against a large, well- equipped army of disbelievers. The battle starts and the man of God emerges triumphant and the army of atheism is taken pris- oner and has to join his disciples. Is this all by chance? Give just one example wherein the host of disbelievers emerged victorious and the man of God was humiliated in such a battle. Does this scenario not provide convincing evidence that those who stand in the name of God are supported by the hand of an Omnipotent Being against whom material means amount to nothing at all? See the exploits of Krishan [Krishna] and Ram Chandra Ji in India. What did these great men stand for and how did the ungrateful people of India treat them? What was the result? Do the Aryas not bow down to these holy personages in submission today? Look at the life history of the Patriarch Prophet Ibr a h i m as [Abraham], the Friend of Allah. This man of God stood up all alone proclaiming God in the dark valleys of Syria. The stalwarts of atheism responded by casting him into a burning fire. However, that apparently helpless man felt no fear and continued to sing the praises of God as if he were lying on a bed of roses. Why? Because Ibr a h i m as could hear the Divine voice reverberating in his ears: ‘O Ibr a h i m! Look at the sky; can you count those stars?’ Ibr a h i m as replied: ‘My Lord, who can count your hosts?’ God