Early Writings — Page 17
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 17 create a thing out of nothingness and bring it into existence and then guide it from mere existence to a level of perfection. For if He were not the Lord of all things and if he were not the Perfect Lord and if He acted only like a carpenter or some other crafts- man who for the sake of his work collects materials from one place or another, He surely could not be the Perfect Lord and would not always be successful at all times. In such a case, he would defi- nitely be prone to face failure on one occasion or other and thus become unable to create. In a nutshell, the verse proves that He whose actions do not spring from perfect providence, i. e. he who is personally unable to create, can never possess perfect omnipo- tence either. God, however, is indeed the Omnipotent Lord, and the reason for this is that to create things of diverse nature and to go on creating them one after the other and to continue this process without fail is surely a clear sign of absolute omnipotence. This proves that God is the All-Powerful Lord, that in reality, He is the Lord of everything and not merely a carpenter or builder. Had this not been the case, the workings of the universe could not have continued to function without interruption since its incep- tion and would have met its end long ago. For he who cannot act out of absolute choice, can never be capable of creating a thing at all times and in an infinite number. The logical sequence of this argument as presented in the Holy Quran in the verse quoted above is as follows: If a person whose action of creating an object emanates from perfect omnipotence, then he must also possess the attribute of perfect providence, that is, he must be able to bring into existence a thing out of nothing- ness; but since God's action of creating a diverse range of things