Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya-Parts1-2

96 Barahin-e-ahmadiyya
clear and unequivocal arguments, all the corruptions, impurities,
defects and distortions that have found their way into people’s
beliefs, actions, sayings and deeds; and teaches all ethical and
moral norms, the knowledge of which is essential for becoming
truly human. It resists every prevalent evil with equal force; and
its teachings are straightforward, well-founded and flawless, as
if they were the very reflection of the laws of nature and a true
picture of human conscience. Indeed, they are as the sun for the
illumination of mind and heart, and make good the deficiency
inherent in reason.
And when I looked at the current state of the other so-called
revealed books, it was clear to me that all of these books are completely
devoid of all these perfect qualities. They attribute all kinds
of false notions to the person and attributes of God; and their followers
adhere to strange and dubious doctrines. While some deny
that He is the Creator and the All-Powerful and hold themselves
as His equals and partners in eternity and self-existence, others
consider idols and small gods and goddesses to be a partner or
custodian of His Kingdom. While some are carving sons and
daughters and even grandsons and granddaughters to Him, others
believe that He Himself was reincarnated as a crocodile or a
tortoise. Thus they vie with one another in presenting His Perfect
Being as a most unfortunate being, who could not even acquire
the perfection and excellence that reason expected of Him.
Dear brothers! To be brief, when I found people mired in such
false beliefs and lost in such darkness, my heart trembled and my
whole being was shaken to its foundations and I took it upon
myself to write this book for their guidance. It became for me an
obligation that I had to fulfil at all costs. And so, by the grace of