Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 31
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 31 in the works of God. They desire not to leave any secret of the earth and heaven undiscovered. Rather, they intend to take all of God Almighty’s works into their clenched fist, as well as His Godhead to the extent that, if possible, they want the rising and setting of the Sun under their own control; and for the rain to fall or not to fall subject to their will, and for nothing to remain impossible for them. What else constitutes a claim to being God? Indeed it is this, that it consists of interfering in the works and providence of God and the longing to somehow take His place. Those who raise objections about a ha d i th related to the Promised Messiah and dajj a l must also ponder at this point that if these prophecies were not from God Almighty and were man - ufactured by some mere mortal, it would have been impossible for them to be fulfilled so clearly and perfectly. Was it even in anyone’s fancy that in order to deify a man, the Christians would one day make such efforts and intrigues that in their philosophi - cal writings, Divinity would no longer remain an exclusive station for God? Look at how the distance between the ears of dajj a l’s don - key was described to be seventy َ بَاع [ b a ‘ ] 1 which is exactly how long most railway trains are. Then, as is recorded in the Quran and a ha d i th that camels would no longer be used for riding, so do we witness that the railways have superseded all these forms of transportation, and camels are used infrequently. Perhaps after sometime, even this need will not remain. Similarly, we are eye-witnesses that the scholars and philosophers of this nation 1. بَاع [ b a ‘ ] is a measure of distance equal to both arms spread out [Publisher].