A new bi-weekly series, in which excerpts are presented from the book, Introduction to the Study of The Holy Quran. A highly recommended introduction to Islam. Author of said book, Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad, second successor of Promised Messiah (as)
The world is far advanced now. We do not need to labour over the point that if
the world has a Maker, He is and can only be one Maker. The God of Israel, the God
of the Hindus, the God of China and the God of Iran are not different. Nor is the
God of Arabia, of Afghanistan and of Europe different. Nor is the God of the
Mongols and the God of the Semites different. God is one, even as the law to which
the world is subject is one law, and the system which links one part of it to another is
one system. Science builds itself on the belief that all natural and mechanical changes
are expressions of one law. The world has one principle—motion, as the materialistic
philosophers assert. Or, it has one Maker. If this is true, expressions like the God of
Israel, the God of the Arabs, the God of the Hindus, are meaningless. But if God is
one, why should we have so many different religions? Were they the product of the
human brain? Was it because of this that every nation and every people worshipped
its own God? If these religions were not a human product, why and how came this
division between religion and religion? If ever there was reason for this division, was
it proper that the division should continue?
Will be continued...
Can't wait, read the full book online at https://www.alislam.org/library/books/Introduction-Study-Holy-Quran.pdf