Reply to a Mockery — Page 90
90 ‘Celebrate the praises of Allah as you celebrate the praises of your fathers’ [ S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:201]. It is, therefore, necessary to study these words of God with full concentration and care. Believe in them as allegori- cal and do not try to probe into their deeper meanings— leave that to God. Hold fast to the truth that God does not take to Himself a son; yet, there are many allegories to be found in His word. Beware, therefore, of construing literally that which is allegorical, for that would be ruin- ous. There is a clear revelation concerning me set out in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya : له في القرآن ک قل انما انا بشر مثلكم يوحي الي ّ انما الٰهكم الٰه واحد و الخير Tell them: I am but a human being like yourselves. It is revealed to me that your God is One God and that all good is contained in the Quran. ( D a fi‘ul-Bal a ’i wa Mi‘y a ru Ahlil-I st if a ’, Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 18, p. 233; Defence Against the Plague & A Criterion for the Elect of God , English ed. 2015, p. 14-15) It is sheer dishonesty on the part of the maulaw i s to attribute shirk (the associating of partners with God) to Hadrat Mirza Sahib while this piece of writing exists. Another of Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s great writings settles such disputes in the following manner: Those who lose themselves in God are called the chil- dren of God. However, this does not mean that they are