Our Teaching — Page 40
hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad ra 40 He reminds them of Himself and of His concern for them. ‘I am near indeed; I answer the prayer of every supplicant when he supplicates to Me. Let them, therefore, hearken unto Me and believe in Me, so that they may go aright’. (2:187). 9. We also believe that from time to time God determines and designs the course of events in special ways. Events of this world are not determined entirely by unchanging laws called the Laws of Nature. For, besides these ordinary laws there are special laws through which God manifests Himself. It is these special laws which bring to us evidence of the Will, the Power and Love of God. Too many there are who deny this. They would believe in nothing besides the laws of nature. Yet laws of nature are not all the laws we have. Laws of nature are themselves governed by the wider Laws of God. Through these laws, God helps His chosen servants. Through them He destroys His enemies. Moses could not have triumphed over a cruel and mighty enemy, but for the special laws of God. The Holy Prophet Muhammad could not have triumphed over Arabs determined to put an end to him and his mission except for the laws of God, which worked on his side. In everything that he encountered, God helped the Holy Prophet. At last with 10,000 followers he re-entered the valley of Mecca out of which 10 years before he had to flee for his life. Laws of nature cannot account for these events. 10. We also believe that death is not the end of everything. Man survives death. He has to account for what he does in this life, in life hereafter. The Power of God guarantees human survival. 11. We believe, that unless forgiven out of His infinite Mercy, non-believers go to Hell. The object of Hell is not to give pain