Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 319
SUB-FOOTNOTE NUMBER THREE وَجَعَلُوا لِلَّهِ شُرَكَاءَ الْجِنَّ وَخَلَقَهُمْ وَخَرَقُوا لَهُ بَنِينَ وَ بَنْتِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ سُبْحَنَهُ وَتَعَلَى عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ ¹[Part] Number 7 وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرُ بِابْنُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصْرَى الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللهِ ذَلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ يُضَاهِئُونَ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ قَتَلَهُمُ اللهُ أَنَّى يُؤْفَكُونَ - اتَّخَذُوا أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَانَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَالْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا إِلهَا وَاحِدًا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحْنَهُ عَمَّا 2 ]Part Number 16- يُشْرِكُونَ مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَنْ يَتَّخِذَ مِنْ وَلَدٍ سُبْحْنَهُ إِذَا قَضَى أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ 3[Part] Number 16 إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَ الَّذِينَ هَادُوا وَ الصَّبِينَ وَالنَّصْرَى وَالْمَجُوسَ وَالَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيمَةِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللهَ يَسْجُدُ لَهُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَواتِ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَالشَّمْسُ وَالْقَمَرُ وَالنُّجُومُ وَالْجِبَالُ وَالشَّجَرُ وَالدَّوَابُّ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنَ النَّاسِ وَكَثِيرٌ حَقَّ عَلَيْهِ 319 ]Part] Number 17- الْعَذَابُ Translation: The existence of Allah, who combines in Himself all per- fect attributes and is worthy of worship, is manifestly proven, because He in Himself is the Living and in Himself is Self-Sustaining. Nothing besides Him is living in itself or is self-sustaining in itself. In other words, nothing besides Him is characterized by life and sustenance on its own, without illat-e-mūjidah [a cause of existence], nor can anything else be regarded as the 'illat-e-mūjibah [causative factor] of the universe, which has been fashioned with utmost wisdom, and a firm and bal- anced order. This phenomenon proves the existence of the Creator of the universe, who combines in Himself all perfect attributes. An elaboration of this beautiful argument is that it is well established 1. Surah al-An'am, 6:101 [Publisher] 2. Surah at-Taubah, 9:30-31 [Publisher] 3. Surah Maryam, 19:36 [Publisher] 4. Surah al-Hajj, 22:18-19 [Publisher]