Refutation of the Doctrine of Transmigration — Page 23
Refutation of the Doctrine of Trasmigration 23 defects, knows that although contravention of promises is false - hood, the contravention of warning is not falsehood; rather, it is benevolence and grace: 1 اَل ُلَٔـْسُي اَّمَع ُلَعْفَي َو ْمُه َنْوُلَٔـْسُي There is no question of anyone to criticize or question as to what He does, but whatever the people do can be criti - cized and questioned. TWENTY-First Answer— Just as the dogma of transmigration is contrary to the belief in the Oneness of God and is a cause of idolatry, so is it a hostile enemy of morals and moral philosophy. It violates a belief in the Oneness of God because it is incum - bent upon believers of transmigration , which indeed is the doc - trine of the followers of Pandit Dayanand, that God has not cre - ated souls, matter, or time. Just as God Almighty is uncreated, so are souls and matter. They also do not even believe in Wa h dat- e-wuj u d , 2 evident from the viewpoint of Vedic scholars. So, it cannot be said that by believing in the One Real Being, they can claim to believe in the Oneness of God. This dogma of transmi - gration is a dangerous adversary of morals and moral philosophy because by conceding to this dogma, no one can believe that a benefactor, well-wisher, a divine lover, or a sympathetic friend 1. S u rah al-Anbiy a’ , 21:24 [Publisher] 2. Lit. the Unity of Being. Doctrine formulated by the school of Ibn al-‘Arabi, which postulates that God and His creation are one, since all that is created pre-existed in the knowledge of God and will return to it; God is the One Real Being, and all others are transient and mortal creatures. [Publisher]