Our God — Page 140
140 will you declare mistaken? One or two persons may be deluded, or people of a particular age or type could be misguided, but it is strange that hundreds of thousands of sound-minded people, in different nations, different ages, and different countries, generally unaware of each other, fell prey to it. Thus, the large number of witnesses—coming from every nation, every faith, every age, and every country, presenting their testimony individually and inde- pendently of each other—constitutes a strong argument that all of these wise people could not have been mistaken or misguided. To summarise, millions of Prophets, Auliy a ’, and S ula ha ’ from all nations, all eras, and all parts of the world openly and independently proclaim that they have seen and recognised God. The world also accepts that they are not liars, pedlars, insane, or confused. Each one of them testifies separately and independently and their testimony is based not on hearsay but on their personal observation, spanning their entire life. This compels us to accept their testimony. We draw conclusions about testimonies that pertain to worldly matters based on our knowledge and judge- ment; therefore, the testimony of the Prophets is compelling— that this universe is subservient to one Creator and Master, an All-Knowing and Wise, Omnipotent and Governing Being and nothing is beyond His domain. The Holy Quran has also presented this principle of testimony and has accordingly called the Prophets ‘witnesses’: 1 ۤاَّنِا ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ْمُكْيَلِا اًلْوُسَر١ۙ۬ اًدِهاَش ْمُكْيَلَع ۤاَمَك ۤاَنْلَسْرَا ىٰلِا َنْوَعْرِف اًلْوُسَر 1. S u rah al-Muzzammil, 73:16.