Early Writings — Page 13
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 13 argumentation by way of conjunctive syllogism. One ought to know that syllogism is the first of the three kinds of argumenta- tion. And, conjunctive syllogism is a kind of syllogism wherein the conclusion or its contradictory is not explicitly stated in the premise, rather it is implied. This type of syllogism is called con- junctive in the sense that its terms, i. e. the minor, middle and major, are connected. Generally, syllogism is the best and fore- most of all kinds of argumentation, for it helps a person reach conclusions about a specific part of an object by studying various parts of the object as a whole, thus the study becomes coherent and comprehensive and leads to perfect certainty. In short, the kind of syllogism that has been spoken of above has been employed by the following verse testifying that God is the Creator. The verse is from Surah al-Hashr, part 28: هُوَ اللهُ الْخَالِقُ الْبَارِئُ الْمُصَوَّرُ لَهُ الْأَسْمَاء الْحُسْنَى God is the Creator, i. e. He brought everything into existence. He is the Maker, i. e. He is the One Who brought the souls and bodies into existence from nothingness. He is the Fashioner, i. e. He is the One who granted everything a form in terms of the physical and in kind because all good qualities are proven to exist in His person, that is to say, all perfect attributes which wisdom can pro- pose for Him based on His perfect powers are found in His being. He, therefore, has the power to bring things into being from nothingness, for to create a thing out of nothing is a great merit indeed among the excellences of the All-Powerful. Hence, the log- ical sequence of the premises in the first figure of this syllogism, 1. Surah al-Hashr, 59:25 [Publisher]