Proofs 6th and 7th were published in the May 2024 Issue of
the Muslim Sunrise. In this issue of the Muslim Sunrise, we
present the 8th proof of the Existence of God.

His Holiness Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad (ra)
(1889-1965), the Musleh Mau‘ud (the Promised Reformer),
was the son of His Holiness Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the
Promised Messiah and Mahdi (as), and his second
successor. He was elected as the Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya
Muslim Community in 1914 at the age of 25 and led the
movement for 52 years. During his Khilafat, the message of
Islam-Ahmadiyyat spread to countries as far and wide as
the United States of America and Japan. He also set the
foundations of the community’s administrative structure
and launched numerous initiatives for the propagation of
Islam, most notably “Tahrik-e-Jadid” (The New Initiative)
and Waqf-e-Jadid (The New Dedication). A prolific writer,
orator, and the author of a ten-volume commentary of the
Holy Qur’an, he leaves a profound and enduring legacy that
lasts to the present day.

EIGHTH PROOF

The eighth proof found in the Holy Qur’an for the existence
of Allah the Exalted is the acceptance of prayer. Whenever
an individual supplicates to Him in a state of anxiety, God
accepts their entreaties. And this is not specific to any
particular period, rather it is true for all times. In the Holy
Qur’an Allah, the Exalted says:

“When My servants ask thee about Me, say: ‘I am present
and I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when
he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe
in Me, that they may follow the right way.’”16

Here, a person could ask how we can be certain God is the
One Who answers these prayers; why cannot we say the
outcomes which emerge from prayer owe themselves to
chance as on occasion prayers are seemingly fulfilled, and
at other times they are not. If every prayer was effective,
such a case could still be made, however, using the example
of certain entreaties how can one conclude that they are
fulfilled by a deity, rather than the consequence of random
events? The answer to this question is that in truth the
acceptance of prayer is accompanied by signs. Our master, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, the Promised
Messiah and Mahdī (as) proposed the following test as a
proof of the existence of God Almighty. He suggested a set
of patients suffering from a serious malady ought to be
selected and divided into groups. One set of patients ought
to be treated and cared for by doctors, whereas he would
pray for the second lot and from this it could be seen as to
which patients made the better recovery. What doubt can
there be in such a test? Accordingly, he once prayed for the
victim of a dog bite who had been struck down by rabies.
The doctors in Kasauli (17) refused to treat him and gave a
written statement that his condition was incurable.
However, through the prayers of the Promised Messiah (as)
he returned to health, even though people who are bitten
by a rabid dog and have begun to manifest signs of
madness rarely recover from it. Thus the acceptance of
prayer is proof of the fact there exists a being that answers
prayers. Moreover, this phenomenon is not restricted to a
particular period of time, rather, such instances can be
witnessed in all ages. Prayer finds fulfilment today just as it
did in the past.

References
(numbering used as given in the publication):

16. Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:187 [Publishers]

17. Kasauli is a small hill town in the north Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. [Publishers]