Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

24MESSAGE OF PEACEwith the powerful argument that there is clear mention ofsuch worship and nowhere is there any prohibition. To saythat these are the names of God, is a claim which has not asyet been clearly settled. Had it been settled, what reason couldthere have been for the scholarly pundits in Banares and othercities to have rejected the beliefs of the Aryas? Despite effortsover the past thirty to thirty-five years, very few Hindus haveaccepted the Arya faith and in comparison with the Sanatanfaith and other Hindu sects, the followers of the Arya faithnumber so few that they are insignificant, nor do they haveany influence on the remaining Hindu sects. Similarly, theteachings of nyog, which is attributed to the Vedas, is abhorrentto human dignity and the human sense of honour. As Ihave already stated, we cannot accept that it is a genuine Vedicteaching. In fact, our well-meaning intentions make usstrongly inclined to believe that such teachings must havebeen introduced later from sensual motives. Since thousandsof years have passed since the original compilation of Vedas itis possible that in different times some scribes added to orsubtracted from it. For us it is proof enough that the Aryafaith has had millions upon millions of followers for thousandsof years who have held it to be the word of God. It is notpossible that the work of an imposter could enjoy suchhonour.So when we, despite all these obstacles, purely out of fearof God, accept the Vedas to be divine revelation in its originand assume all the false teachings to be the work of scribes,what justification can there be for the Holy Qur’an to bemade the target of such brutal attacks? It is full of injunctionsfrom cover to cover speaking only of the worship of