Early Writings — Page 77
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS 77 cannot be deemed an action of chance, even by the most foolish of people. On the contrary, one would consider such an action to have been performed by an active entity. For example, if there was an ink spill on a piece of paper, we would not be sure how this happened. However, if one or two pages were filled with words that express an objective of the writer, then no intelligent person would say that these words were written all by themselves. The atheist should also tell us, who develops them to adulthood and then old age? What effect brings about this phenomenon? Then, we also ask the atheist that the sun, moon, earth and air, all of which are in your constant service and do not stop serv- ing you even for a moment, do you owe them your gratitude for doing so? If you were to say that these elements serve you with- out understanding this would be false, because any action that is caused without understanding or without any kind of supervision, ultimately turns into chaos. If you were to say that these elements serve you with understanding, then you ought to be thankful to them. We also ask atheists: does the rising of the sun or rainfall occur by chance or through someone's control? If it is all by chance, then what reason is there for the world to remain at all? Why should excessive rainfall and heat not cause random seasons? After all, a thing of chance is always prone to error. However, if this entire phenomenon is by some control, then this proves the existence of God, because the control we see on earth is essentially God Himself. Atheists repeat the allegation that no one has seen God; if God existed someone ought to have seen him. The answer to this is that God shows Himself to the people through the eye of their