The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 110
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI answer to objections voiced by Arya Samaj speakers in that meeting. . It is a great book and a great many spiritual subjects are discussed in it. We will very briefly relate some of the points from this book which is an important comparative study of Islam and Hinduism. 1. In the first few pages, the Promised Messiah states that. Arya Samaj had invited Muslims to this meeting in December 1907 and had promised that they will behave like civilized people in their speeches. But they broke this promise and indulged in most abusive and filthy language while criticizing the Holy Quran and Prophet of. Islam and thus greatly injured the feelings of Muslims who had been invited as guests in their meeting. He has quoted this verse from the. Holy Quran which teaches patience to Muslims. "You shall surely be tried in your possessions and in your persons and you shall surely hear many hurtful things from those who were given the Book before you and from those who set up equals to. Allah (Polytheists). But if you show patience and fortitude and act righteously, that indeed is a matter of high resolve. " (Quran 3:187) 2, The Arya speaker has stated that Permeshwar (Hindu word for God) is master of both souls and matter. But according to Aryal principles. God cannot be considered master in a true sense because they believe both matter and souls are self existing and eternal. They believe that Permeshwar did not create souls or matter. He only puts them together. According to their belief God cannot forgive any sins. and always throws the souls into an unending cycle of reincarnation and transmigration due to his or her actions. Thus he is like a magistrate or a judge who must always punish and cannot be considered a true master as he cannot forgive a sinner, no matter how sincere he is in his repentance. . Permeshwar cannot be considered true master because he has not created the souls and the matter and has not given them their respective qualities and established all their limitations as we see in nature. Thus according to their belief the existence of man and animal kingdom is not by a God who has created and designed them and sustains them and has a uniform and systematic law governing them but rather all living things in this world are by the chance of 110