Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 120
120 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA enough, no such doctrine can be found in the Vedas. There is no As for the assumption that the Muslims should ever revert to poly- theism, this too can never happen, because Allah the Almighty has Himself declared: مَا يُبْدِئُ الْبَاطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ That is: 'Polytheism and idolatry has been so uprooted that it shall nei- ther put forth new branches nor return to its previous state. (Sūrah Sabā', Part no. 22) The truth of this prophecy is self-evident. Despite the passage of a long time, idolatry and polytheism have not been able to replace Tauhid [Oneness of God] in any land from which they were uprooted. And sane reason also bears full faith to the truthfulness of this proph- ecy for future, because if Muslims held fast to the doctrine of Divine Oneness while they were few and vulnerable-nay, they became even more firmly established upon it-how can they abandon it now when they are over two hundred million strong? What is more, even the polytheists in this age are drawing somewhat closer to the doctrine of Divine Oneness because of their exposure to the teachings of the Holy Quran and their continuous association with the adherents of Divine Unity. Wherever you look you will find the arguments for Divine Unity valiantly bombarding the fictitious towers of idolatry and the zeal and fervour of the believers of Tauhid is sending nervous jitters in the hearts of the idolaters-the enlightened among whom are realizing the hollowness of the edifice of creature-worship. Everyday the powerful guns of Divine Oneness are blowing away the unsightly shacks of idolatry. Thus, it is no longer possible for the darkness of idolatry to envelop the world, as it did in the past when people were prone to confusing the Creator with the created. Since it is not possible for the teachings of the Holy Quran to be corrupted or interpolated, and there is no chance that the entire world will ever revert to the darkness of idolatry, it follows that the coming of a new divine law or new scripture [after the Holy Quran] is also not logically possible, because that which is conditional upon the + Surah Saba, 34:50 [Publishers]