Two Systems for the Proper Functioning of the Universe — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

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Introduction

In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Two Systems for the Proper Functioning of the Universe, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 4: Angels
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appointed who safeguards it and enables it to perform its functions properly.
[A’ina-e-Kamalat-e-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 5, p. 77 footnote]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 158]

The All-Powerful One has not confined the events of the world to a visible system, but there is also an invisible system which is in operation all the time. The sun and the moon and the earth, and the vapours that become rain, and the winds that blow fiercely, and the hail that descends upon the earth and the shooting stars have physical causes for all their actions and changes and revolutions and occurrences which are set out in books on astronomy and physics, yet those who possess insight know that behind these causes there are other causes which regulate them and which are called angels. Whatever they are connected with, they carry it to its goal and in their functions they keep in mind the spiritual objects that God Almighty has committed to them. Their action is not vain but in all that they do they have in mind great objectives. It is an established verity which we have set out in some
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 158]

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