Early Writings — Page 31
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 31 not deny the fact that although it is possible for man to err in his investigations; this does not mean that all his investigations are flawed. Rather, many of his investigations are established as being true. It evidently follows that if he has not erred regarding a cer- tain piece of information, the rule or method that was employed to obtain that specific fact must also have been free of error. The reason for this is that the use of a flawed method can never pro- duce a correct conclusion. Hence, if a certain piece of information known to man is correct, then it follows that the means provided to him by nature for the acquisition of that knowledge were also used in a proper and reasonable manner. On the contrary, wher- ever a person fails to ascertain correct information, they must have failed to make use of the relevant means in a correct manner. This can be likened to the condition of a person who has a telescope and knows how to open it but is unable to see an object in front of him or see it clearly because of his inability to properly adjust the focus of the telescope. Likewise, at times, a person remains unable to properly adjust the focus of the telescope of the means that nature has provided him. Consequently, he either remains totally deprived of witness- ing the sight that reality displays or he witnesses it only unclearly. ' 1. There are hundreds of thousands of people in the world who, despite being fully functional and healthy, spend a life of slothfulness and inactivity, and are only obsessed with eating. Likewise, there are mil- lions who, despite having at their disposal all the necessary means for research that is provided by nature, do not want to bother themselves with any such pursuit. They make no effort to learn what they can dis- cover even through minor deliberation. Like the blind, in fact, they continue to inadvertently following the same old traditions. This is the reason why the mistake made by one person in the world is seen to be indiscriminately affecting millions of others. (Author)