The All Powerful One God

Today Hazrat Khalifatul Masih presented some extracts from the writings of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) illustrating the reality and station of Allah the Exalted, the station by virtue of which He is the Possessor of all powers and The One, the Creator of all creations and while everything will perish, Allah is above it.

Now the only source to reach the God of this universe is the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). In order to appreciate the power of God one must turn to God in complete sincerity and worship Him. If this is done, God runs to embrace His servants and showers them with His blessings. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) asked us with great anguish to connect to God in this manner and thus adorn our life in this world as well as in the Hereafter.

Writing about the realty of God as presented by Islam the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said: ‘God is the light of the heavens and the earth. Every light that is visible on the heights or in the valleys, whether in souls or in bodies, whether personal or impersonal, whether apparent or hidden, whether in the mind or outside it, is a bounty of His grace. This is an indication that the general grace of the Lord of the worlds envelops everything and nothing is deprived of that grace. He is the source of all grace, the ultimate cause of all lights and the fountainhead of all mercies. His Being is the support of the universe and is the refuge of all high and low. He it is Who brought everything out of the darkness of nothingness and bestowed upon everything the mantle of being. No other being than Him is in himself present and eternal or is not the recipient of His grace. Earth and heaven, man and animals, stones and trees, souls and bodies, have all come into existence by His grace.’ (Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 1, pp. 191-192, footnote, Essence of Islam, Vol. I, p. 38)

The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote the following about Unity of God: ‘Association can be of four types. It could be in respect of number, rank, descent, or action and effect. In this Surah, it has been declared that God is free from association of all these types. It has been made clear that He is the One in number and is not two or three; He is the Besought of all; He alone is Self-Existing while everything else is contingent and mortal and is ever dependent upon Him; and He is لَمْ یَلدْ which means that He has no son who can claim to be His partner; and He is لَمْ یُوْلَدْ which means that he has no father to share His power; and He is لَمْ یَکنْ لَّہُ کُفُوًا which means that no one can be His equal in His works to claim partnership with Him on this account. Thus, it has been made clear that God Almighty is free from associates of any of the four types and is One, without associate.’ (Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Ruhani Khaza’in, Vol. 1, p. 518, sub-footnote 3, Essence of Islam, Vol. I, p.86)

Explaining this passage Huzoor said that one way of associating with anything/anyone is when there is more than one of something/someone, the second kind of associating is owing to status and position of things and individuals. The third kind of association is regarding capacity to do something. Here it has been explained very clearly that God is One and is alone worthy of being turned to and no other being can meet the needs and requirements of someone like God does. This is because save Him everything is created while He always was and always will be. All creation came into existence and will one day perish. By virtue of this all creation is impermanent and whatever is impermanent cannot facilitate arrangements for itself or for anything else. Whatever is impermanent is in need of a God, Who is Eternal. Indeed, this God has declared that He has made provisions for all His creation. He is over and above all other statuses and none can