Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 214
214 BARĀHIN-E-AHMADIYYA PART FOUR mentioned at several places in the Holy Quran while explaining the attribute of rahimiyyat, as He has said in one place: وَ كَانَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَحِيمًا 1 This means that God's rahimiyyat is confined only to the believers and that the infidels, meaning, the disbelievers and the rebellious ones, have no share in it. It should be noted here how God has restricted the attribute of rahimiyyat to the believers, but He has not restricted rahmāniyyat to the believers in any place, and has nowhere stated كان بالمؤمنين رحمنًا meaning that, He is رحمن Rahmān] for the believers. Rather, the attribute of mercy that is especially reserved for the believers has been mentioned with the attribute of rahimiyyat every time. At another place He has said: إِنَّ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ مِّنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ - 2 Meaning that, the rahimiyyat of Allah is close to only those who do good. Then, at another place, He has stated: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ الَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا وَجَهَدُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ أُولَبِكَ يَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ - 3 Meaning that, those who believed and sacrificed their homes or per- sonal desires for the sake of Allah, and strove in the cause of Allah, are hopeful of Allah's rahimiyyat and Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful. Meaning that, His grace of rahimiyyat is certainly bestowed upon those who deserve it. There is no one who sought it and did not find it. 1. Sūrah al-Ahzab, 33:44 [Publisher] 2. Surah al-A'raf, 7:57 [Publisher] 3. Surah al-Baqarah, 2:219 [Publisher]