What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 24
( 24 ) the·, ·guidance ·of man, is answerable before God. But even such a person may be forgiven if God, in 'His judgment, wisdom and mercy chooses to·do so~ The mercy of God··is administere9 ·by God, not by us. We are· his servants. We cannot ask· Him fo · give it to some and not to others. God is our Master, King, Creator, Judge and Lord. If His wisdom and knowledge choose to forgive ·one who seems unforgivable to us, who are we to stop Him from doing so? ,. : Our conception of salvation is so liberal that for this alone Maulvis have charged us, with Kufr. They cite our belief that eternal punishment is· not countenanced by Islam. We do< rtot regard. this as part of the Muslim te11ching. Neither believers nor·· lin- believers, according to us, will meet with eternal punishment. We take our stand on a verse of. the Quran which says. ··My mercy encompasseth everything' (7 :157).