Early Writings — Page 21
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 21 by all creation, and there is no partner to Him. This is based on the categorical argument that He is the Living God who is Eternal and that it is due to Him that all things exist, i. e. the existence and survival of everything depends upon His existence and pres- ence. He alone continues to support the existence of all things. He does not suffer slumber, nor sleep. In other words, He is never negligent regarding the protection of His creation. Hence, when the survival of everything depends upon His existence, this proves that it is He who is the Creator and Lord of all things in the heav- ens and in the earth. The logical sequence of this argument, as put forth in this verse of the Holy Quran, is (the first part of the compound syllogism and the minor premise) that God has the right to be worshipped eternally by all creation without any partner and (the major prem- ise is that) He who deserves to be worshipped eternally by all crea- tion is the one who is Ever-Living and Eternal, and is the Source of subsistence for all things; therefore (the conclusion is that) God is Ever-Living, Eternal and Provider of subsistence to all things. In the second part of the compound syllogism the conclusion of the first part of the syllogism has been put forth as the minor premise; (and the minor premise is that) God is Eternal and Provider of subsistence to all things, whereas (the major premise is that) He who is Eternal and provides subsistence to all things is necessarily the Creator of all things, therefore (the conclusion is that) God is the Creator of all things. The minor premise of the first part of the compound syllo- gism the proposition that God, without having any partner, deserves to be eternally worshipped by all creation—is valid