Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

MESSAGE OF PEACE 23and have been accepted by millions of people in all parts ofthe world, and love for them and their greatness has beenfirmly established in any one part of the world, and furtherthat this state of devotion and love for them has endured thetest of time, is evidence enough of their truthfulness. Hadthey not been from God, they could not have been acceptedon such a wide scale by millions upon millions of hearts. Goddoes not bestow such honour upon those whom He favoursnot. If an imposter aspires to occupy their position, he is soonbrought to ruin.By virtue of the same logic, we believe the Vedas to bedivine in origin and we consider their saints to be venerableand holy. We do so despite our observation that Vedicteaching has not succeeded, nor could it ever succeed, inturning any section of its followers into true worshippers ofGod. The people in this country who worship idols, fire, thesun, the Ganges, or thousands of deities, or who are adherentsof Jainism or the Shakat faith, all claim their religion to originatefrom the Vedas. The Vedas are so vague that they permitall sects to deduce from them whatsoever they wish.However, in accordance with what we are taught by God, webelieve that the original Vedas were not man’s fabrication. Ahuman fabrication lacks the power to establish a lasting order.Although we do not find any mention of stone worship in theVedas, without a doubt, Vedic teaching is full of the mentionof the worship of fire, air, water, the moon, the sun, and soon. There is no verse which prohibits the worship of theseobjects. Who is to say that the older sects of Hindus are falseand only the new sect of Aryas is the true one? People who,by referring to the Vedas, worship these objects, are armed