Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 132
132 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA needs of the time and encompassed all the requirements of the age. So effective and forceful was his teaching that thousands evidence that not only was he a true Prophet of God, but was the great- est of all Prophets. His truth is evident because in those times of darkness the law of Providence demanded a light-bearer, and God's own eternal practice required that He should send a true guide into the world. It is God's eternal law that when suffering and hardship reach their extreme, His mercy is aroused and He creates the means for the alleviation of the world's woes. For example, when drought causes a severe famine and people are about to perish, God the Noble causes rain to fall; when there is an epidemic and thousands begin to die, He causes some means for purifying the air or some remedy to be found; when a nation is in the grip of a tyrant, he is ultimately replaced by a just and benevolent ruler. In the same way, when people forsake the path of God and renounce Tauhid and worship of God, He raises someone whom He grants perfect vision and honours him with His word and revelation, in order to guide mankind and bring about a reformation of the evil that has occurred. The truth is that God is the Sustainer on whom depends the existence and continuity of the universe. He does not deprive His creatures of His benevolent attributes, nor does He suspend them. Rather, they instantly come into play when they are required. Having arrived at the logical and unavoidable conclusion that whenever a calamity strikes the world, an opposite Divine attribute comes into operation to break its hold; and having learnt from his- tory, from the very admission of the opponents [of Islam] and from the textual evidence of the Holy Quran that, at the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the world was in an upheaval because all people had turned their backs on the path of Tauhid, sincerity, and godliness; and having known that the man who delivered the world from the darkness of idolatry and polytheism and established Tauhid was none other than the Holy Prophets, we cannot help but draw the conclusion that the Holy Prophetsa is a true guide from God. In His Holy Word, Allah the Almighty presents this argument as follows: