Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 436
436 removed by the people and the. , needy carried -. away the very bricks -which formed its foundation and the wild animals made their abode in its ruins. Nay it became like the: carcass of an animal which its owners h-ad cast out of their homes and when the strangers passed. by- it they covered their faces yet not a -single Mussalman grew sad at this they continued their life oi enjoyment and luxury. There was no sign of grieton their eye- brows and. there was no trace of sorrow in their eyes. Thej shlugged their shoulders and said with an air of -indifference that if Islam was a hindrance to their ambitions and aspirations it might perish and that there should be no interference with their ; enjoyment and pleasure. But when God in order to open then eyes snatched' from their hands the thing which was not worth even a-straw compared with Islam and with which they had 'played as one* p. l ays with a. . toy and broke it intopieces and threw it away, they all with one voice began to cry and lament and they cried so much that the very heavens resounded with the ' wailing. Is not this sufficient to open their eyes ? Do they re- quire ; some other evidence to show that they are not the servants of God but the slaves of their own desires?. Where was theii love for Islam when thousands of professed Mussalmans who were -born in Muslim homes, went over in troops to the forces of the enemy which were engaged in bombarding, the fortress of Islam, ' and added to their strength. Why did not their tongues and theii hands move -at that time and why did not their blood boil. 5 Have not the names of God and the Holy Prophet (May peace and the blessings of God be upon him!) even -as much value as Mesopotamia or Syria,? Their hearts were wounded when Europe inflicted wrongs. on the Turks but when outrageous attack were made on the Holy Prophet (May peace and the : blessings of God be. upon him) their hearts were not movediu