Braheen Third Preliminary Part 2

Continuation of the Third Preliminary from Volume 3

i.e. His person and attributes and actions are free from sharing by another and full of perfect omnipotence is not an issue that is proven by experience only. Even logical arguments dictate that it is essential for God to be unique without peer in his Person and totality of attributes and actions, and tie the truth of His Divinity to the truth of those characteristics. Thus these fools should utilise some shame and think about it. They, in not acceptingthe uniqueness of the word of God have created the objection that as God's word is part of the category of our (human) speech and is composed of the same words and phrases of which our speech is composed, then what is the reason that we do not have the power to create its like? One can weep over the state of such people who could not understand such solid and evident truth that is proven by absolute arguments. If they had even a little of God-given intellect, they would have reflected when raising this vulgar objection that whether God, in his Person and totality of attributes and actions, must be unique without peer or not? If they did not think of this proof, then alas they could have thought of the second argument: having accepted a Being as having the greatest faculties of knowledge and power without parallel, the effects of such faculties should also be without parallel, as I have stated that the power and glory of speech is subservient to the intellectual powers of the speaker. Whoever is stronger in intellectual powers, his speech is also more powerful and majestic. Even if they dropped this second argument, alas they could have remembered the axiom of 'Attributes of Things': that hundreds of things are alike and members of the same type and category, yet the Absolute Wise God has put separate characteristics in each.

All Human Languages are God-given

Some people are stuck in the delusion that language in general is the invention of humans. If it were the invention of humans, then humans would be able to reach the highest levels in its eloquence, clarity and other related perfections, as it is totally illogical and against reason that humans should not be able to progress in his own invention. And when it is logically not impossible to progress in multiple ways in the eloquence and clarity of language and reach perfection, so it would not be impossible to copy the eloquence of the Quran. So, it should be apparent that this fallacy is removed by my statements above, in which I have clearly written that humans' intellectual faculties cannot equal the intellectual faculties of God. The difference that is evident between high and low, and between strong and weak, should also show itself in speech. The speech emanating from a higher power should be higher and the speech emanating from a weaker power should be lower, as is evident when one looks at the differences between humans of different capabilities: lower capability cannot compete with higher capability although all humans are part of the same species.

Apart from this, it is also not correct that each dialect (language) is an invention of humans. Thorough research proves that the inventor and creator of human dialects is the same Omnipotent God who created humans, and he endowed them with language so that they can communicate. If human dialects were the invention of man, then a newborn child would have no need of education as he could have invented a language when he grew up. It is logically apparent that if a child is not taught any language he cannot talk. Even if you raise this child in some Greek jungle or on the British island, or below the equator, it would still be dependent on education to learn language, and if not taught would remain without speech.

Changes in Human Language are also from God

And if one argues that we see with our own eyes that languages undergo hundreds of types of changes and evolutions automatically, from which see proof of human effect on language, know that this doubt is totally delusional: changes that are part of languages do not come about because of the will and choice of men, nor can the principle be established that human nature brings about these changes from time to time. A deep look reveals that such changes are also due to the will and choice of the Primordial Cause (God), just as all changes in heaven and earth are due to His express will. It can never be proven that humans, together or separately, invented all these dialects that are spoken in the world.

And if one raises the question that just as God naturally changes languages, why should it not be permissible that all languages also arose like that in the beginning, and that they were not revealed (ilhaam) from God? The answer is: natural law applicable to the beginning of time is that God has created each and every thing by his express power. Reflecting on the sky, earth, sun, moon and the nature of man itself, it is evident that the beginning of time was the age of just the show of God's power, in which no other helping forces took part. In that age, whatever God made, it was with such great Power that human intellect is astounded. Look at the earth, sky, sun and moon and other bodies, etc., that how such a huge task could be accomplished without the help of resources, masons, labourers; and just by will and singular pronouncement. Again, just as all the works of God in that early age was out of His Power, without involvement of nature, and pure of any other resources, and arose purely out of the Will of God, then why do you become deceitful and say that in the area of languages he could not do so, and although he created everything else out of his sheer Power, he did not have the power to create languages? He, who created Man without father and mother, proving his Omnipotence, why can his Power be considered deficient when it comes to languages? In short, when every sentient person has to accept that the first age was an age of sheer display of Power, and natural law in that age was that every task should be accomplished without the mixture of any other helping force, then excluding languages from this general law and thus breaking natural law is total ignorance and foolishness.

Beginning of Time Different from This Age

It is not right to juxtapose this age's situation with that age. For example, no child is born in this age without mother and father, and if it was necessary for humans to be born of parents in that age also, then how would this world have been created? In addition, there is a big difference between the changes that come about in languages, and when languages are created from scratch. A change in an extant language is something else, and the creation of a full-fledged language from nothing is something else. Apart from this, even now, when God through revelation (ilhaam) reveals to humans in various languages, and can reveal to them in languages of which they have no knowledge, as I have proven in [sub-footnote 1], then what stupidity it is to think that the All-Knowing God did not have the power of such revelation in the beginning age.

Man Could not have been Created Without Language

The self-evident proof of His limitless power is still visible and he reveals (ilhaam) to humans in dialects of which they are not even familiar with and which they did not learn from their parents nor from a teacher. Then why is it that in the beginning age, an age of need of such, teaching languages to humans would be far from the power of God? And why should God be held weak and helpless and humans burdened with so many misfortunes whose detail is that Humans were created and then were dumb and speechless for a long period, and during this age of misfortune, humans could only communicate with great difficulty and exertion in sign language? And the speech and concepts that could not be communicated through signs, he was not able to do so, and thus took the losses that were the result of not understanding speech. And God did nothing to remove all these difficulties and pains, and could not fulfil Man's needs.

Although God created Man, out of his sheer Power, from nothing, gave him a tongue and eyes and ears and made him capable of progress, and so many such blessings that cannot be counted, but the same Powerful God, did not teach Man speech which was very much needed. So much so, that Man underwent so many hardships for the lack of speech for such a long time that Man invented speech himself. Is this belief such that is flattering for God's Godly power? Can an honest person harbour such ill thoughts about the Omnipotent and Perfect (God) that during the beginning age, when it was acceptable to display His Power to unknowing humans, was not capable of displaying other necessary powers? Is it reasonable to assume that He who created a few thousand species with just a simple order, and without matter or ether, was not powerful enough to create languages? Can any intellect accept that He Who created Man for a great purpose and made him the Noblest of Creation from his special Will, could have left his creation half-done? And then co-incidentally, Man finished off the remaining part by himself? Can He Who has knowledge of all these languages from the beginning, and in front of whose deep vision, all existing things exist due to his order, and whose Perfect Power contains all sorts of knowledge and understanding, is not capable enough that it can be thought about Him that He, knowing Man to be in a state without speech, avoided teaching Man speech? To the extent that Man, because of His unkindness, lived as an animal and savage, and then in the ende, Man himself came up with the idea that he should invent some language? This thought is is so evidently false: that the Perfect Powers of God and Perfect Mercy and Perfect Nurturing which has been witnessed in every age, is being contradicted by them. The God whose strange revelations (ilhaam) in unknown languages are still revealed to humans, to think about Him that such revelations (ilhaam) that God avoided them in the beginning age when they were really needed - is extreme stupidity and ill-intention.

On Savages that do not Use Language

If someone doubts that even today some savages who are without speech and survive on sign language - why are they not taught a language by revelation (ilhaam)? And why does a newborn child, if left alone in the jungle, does not receive a revelation (ilhaam) from God? It is just a misunderstanding of the attributes of God, because Divine inspiration and revelation (ilhaam) is not something that can be cast everywhere, without regard to receptive matter.

Conditions for Revelation of Language

It is an imperative condition that for Divine inspiration and revelation (ilhaam), the matter on which it falls should be capable. And a second condition that for such ilhaam is that there should be a definite need for it.

Creation of Adam

In the beginning, when God created Man, it was a time when revealing (ilhaam) languages was an issue that had both conditions - first that intrinsic capability in the first human being as required to receive ilhaam was present, and the second necessity was also present as, except God, there was no friend or patron of Adam (as) who could have taught him speech, and then with tutoring, take him to the stage of civility and cvilisation. In fact, for Adam (as), it was only God who fulfilled all the necessary needs of Adam, and Himself through his kind and excellent tutoring took him to the stage of true humanity. Yes, after that when the children of Adam spread in the earth, and the knowledge that God had taught Adam took hold in his children, then some humans became teachers to others, and parents became the kind teachers of their children, but for Adam, there was no one else but God who could teach him language and civility. For him, there was only God in place of teacher and tutor and parents, who created him and taught him everything - thus for Adam this need was really and necessarily manifested that God should train him himself and fulfil all his needs, but this need was there for his children, as millions of humans speak different languages and teach their children, except for what I have written above (savages).

Intrinsic Capability for Ilhaam

Intrinsic capability that is a necessary condition for receiving ilhaam is not found in every child of Adam. If this intrinsic capability is found in someone, then he can, even now, receive from God what he needs through ilhaam and God will never let him go to waste. God's deep vision extends to the depth of the capabilities of each human being, and he never prevents a capable man from displaying his capacity, and it never happens that a person has the capacity of recognising knowledge from God, or the capacity for sainthood or prophethood and then some earthly events or being born a savage would cause him to die in that condition and God would not take him to the limit of the capability that was given to him. Only he remains savage or dumb or ignorant who, in his intrinsic nature, is flawed and useless and like an animal.

Apart from this, when God has bestowed various languages on millions of people and opened the doors of general knowledge for them, then in the situation, except the situation when He wants to show a sign, in all other situations there is no need to learn a language by ilhaam. And God the All-Wise does not do anything without need and does not make incumbent spurious and useless ways.

Sanskrit as Divine Language

Some foolish Aryas declare Sanskrit to be the language of God, and relegate all other languages that are full of intriguing constructs to be the invention of Man, as if Man also possesses a type of Divinity that whereas God only showed one language, men showed such power that they created dozens of languages better than it. I ask the Arya people that if it is true that only Sanskrit came out of the mouth of God and others are crafted by men, and away from the mouth of God, then tell me what are the special qualities of Sanskrit which other languages are devoid of? Surely the speech of God should be better than the construction of men, because he is called God because in His person and his attributes and his actions, He is superior and without peer. If we assume that Sanskrit is the speech of God that descended on the ancestors of the Hindus and all other languages were created by other people whose ancestors were smarter than the Hindus' ancestors, can we also assume that those people also somewhat exceeded Hindus' God such that their powers showed in the creation of hundreds of excellent languages? And that the Hindu God stopped after creating one language? People in whom shirk (associating others with God) has made home, have thought of their God with equal status to humans in many ways. Why not? They are peers of God.

And if someone has the doubt why God did not suffice with one language, then this doubt is also due to a lack of reflection. If a sane person looks at the contradictory cultures and different natures of various nations, he would surely know that a single language is not suitable for all of them. Residents of some countries can pronounce certain letters and words easily, whereas the same are a problem for residents of other countries. Therefore, how could it be that the All-Wise would love just one language and not allow for the axiom of 'Putting a Thing in Context' and would abandon the general purpose of having different natures. Was it appropriate that he would imprison different people in the cage of only one language? In addition, the reason for multiple languages is that it shows the multiplicity of the powers of God, and his servants praising him in diverse languages creates a bustling bazaar of worship.