Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 287
287 dominated every phase of life in India, but many idol-worship- pers have now become Muslims and even the Hindus who stick to their old faith are beginning to hate idol- worship. This is because the errors of idol-worship are plain enough. But the other form of idol-worship is a far more. dangerous disease. The idols within the heart of a man are not seen by the physical eye, and even philosophic minds are misled by the disguises which they assume. It is through the microscope of Divine grace only that they can be seen*. And so long as they occupy the heart, it cannot become the seat of the Almighty. Their harm is the greater on account of their very nature. These idols are the de- sires and passions for whose gratification a man infringes both Divine and human rights. Some people trust the efficiency of means and resources to such an extent as to exclude all ideas of God. They may profess a belief in God and express hatred for idols, but their means and resources are really their idols. Un- less these idols are swept off, true Unity of God can never be established in the heart. Many people would ask, 'Do we not believe in the Unity of God?' My answer to them is that they do not believe in the Unity of God if their hearts still follow their own desires and rely on their own resources. A belief in the Unity of God is not meaningless thing. It has a wonderful effect upon the human life arid this effect can be witnessed clearly in the practi- cal life of the man who with his whole heart and true sincerity believes in the Unity of God. What I say to you is rny own experience; let hirn who will accept it. It pains me to see even among my followers those who do not accept the Unity of God to which He invites them. A belief in the Unity of God requires us to be most regardful of the rights of His creatures. There- fore the person who violates his brother's right is not a believer