Refutation of the Doctrine of Transmigration — Page 22
M AU L M AU L A A N N A A H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N H AK E E M NO OR-U D -DE E N R A R A 22 they are just receiving the recompense of their deeds. Hence, there is no grace of God upon them. But the fact, as has been mentioned in the Holy Quran, is that salvation is subject to His grace alone: 1 َو ْمُهىٰقَو َباَذَع ِمْيِحَجْلا۰۰ۙاًلْضَف ْنِّم َكِّبَّر And He saved them from the punishment of the blazing fire. That was an act of grace from your Lord. اْۤوُقِباَس ىٰلِا ٍةَرِفْغَم ْنِّم ْمُكِّبَّر َو ٍةَّنَج اَهُضْرَع ِضْرَعَك ِءٓاَمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا١ۙ ْتَّدِعُا َنْيِذَّلِل اْوُنَمٰا 2 ِهّٰللاِب َو ٖهِلُسُر١ؕ َكِلٰذ ُلْضَف ِهّٰللا ِهْيِتْؤُي ْنَم ُءٓاَشَّي١ؕ َو ُهّٰللا وُذ ِلْضَفْلا ِمْيِظَعْلا Run towards the forgiveness from your Lord and for a Garden the vastness whereof is equal to the vastness of the heaven and the earth. It has been prepared for those who believe in Allah and His Messengers That is Allah’s grace. He bestows it upon whomsoever He pleases and Allah’s grace is immense The issue of salvation has been discussed in detail in the Book Fa s lul-Khi ta b, written in refutation of Christianity. TWENTIEth Answer— O respectable Aryas! Who has con - strained the Exalted Maker from showing grace and benevolence? Who is supreme or sovereign over Him? When has He given an undertaking, rather a warning, that He would not show grace? We say that even if He has given such a fearsome warning, He can still grant salvation because He, Who is free from all conceivable 1. S u rah ad-Dukh a n , 44:57-58 [Publisher] 2. S u rah al- H ad i d, 57:22 [Publisher]