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needs of the time and encompassed all the requirements of the
age. So effective and forceful was his teaching that thousands
evidence that not only was he a true Prophet of God, but was the greatest
of all Prophets.
his truth is evident because in those times of darkness the law of
Providence demanded a light-bearer, and God’s own eternal practice
required that he should send a true guide into the world. It is God’s
eternal law that when suffering and hardship reach their extreme,
his mercy is aroused and he creates the means for the alleviation of
the world’s woes. For example, when drought causes a severe famine
and people are about to perish, God the Noble causes rain to fall;
when there is an epidemic and thousands begin to die, he causes
some means for purifying the air or some remedy to be found; when
a nation is in the grip of a tyrant, he is ultimately replaced by a just
and benevolent ruler. In the same way, when people forsake the path
of God and renounce Tauhid and worship of God, he raises someone
whom he grants perfect vision and honours him with his word and
revelation, in order to guide mankind and bring about a reformation
of the evil that has occurred. The truth is that God is the Sustainer on
whom depends the existence and continuity of the universe. he does
not deprive his creatures of his benevolent attributes, nor does he
suspend them. rather, they instantly come into play when they are
required.
having arrived at the logical and unavoidable conclusion that
whenever a calamity strikes the world, an opposite divine attribute
comes into operation to break its hold; and having learnt from history,
from the very admission of the opponents [of Islam] and from
the textual evidence of the holy Quran that, at the time of the holy
Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the world was
in an upheaval because all people had turned their backs on the path
of Tauhid, sincerity, and godliness; and having known that the man
who delivered the world from the darkness of idolatry and polytheism
and established Tauhid was none other than the holy Prophet sa , we
cannot help but draw the conclusion that the holy Prophet sa is a true
guide from God. In his holy Word, Allah the Almighty presents this
argument as follows: