Ten Proofs for the Existence of God — Page 18
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 18 an atheist denies it with his words, he cannot release himself from his inherent nature and his eschewal of sinful acts or at least his avoidance in disclosing them, is a form of personal evidence that in his heart he too fears having to answer to a king even if he denies his sovereignty? In the Holy Qur’an Allah the Exalted says: 8 ِ اللَّوَّامَة ِ لنَّفْس ِ ب ُ اُقْسِم َآ وَل ِ َامَة ی ِ الْق ِ َوْم ی بِ ُ اُقْسِم َآ ل That is, people are mistaken to think there is neither a god nor a final reckoning, when in fact God has manifested two evidences for this. First, all things must meet with a day of judgement in which their affairs are decided. Good is met with good and evil is met with evil. If there is no deity, why is it that reward and punishment are meted out? And those people who deny the Day of Judgement may well be able to witness that judgement begins in this very life. For example, adulterers are more prone to contracting syphilis and gonorrhoea than people who are married even though both engage in the same act. The second evidence is the self-accusing soul. That is, a person’s own conscience is able to distinguish sin and identify when something 8 Nay! I call to witness the Day of Resurrection. And I do call to witness the self-accusing soul, that the Day of Judgment is a certainty. Surah Al-Qiyamah , 75:2-3 [Publishers]