Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 438
438 ; to himself. But we have devoted bur lives to this purpose and we have taken upon ourselves the burden of guiding men to truth. We do hot care for the' opposition or enmity of 'any ? rrian. The doctor never gives up the treatment of a ; pa f tient because of the crossness of the latter, so we also can'not : 'cease our work and have not despaired of the reformation of bur brethren. My dear fellow country men! I do not ask you : tb give up your efforts to get the error which the Allies have committ r ed'rectifiedi What I mean to tell you is 'simply this that you should look into' your own selves and see that you are labouring under a delusion; What you think to be love of Gbd is only the spirit of emulation which is raging in ybur minds in iinitatioh of European peoples. If there was the love of Islam in your hearts why did it not dis- j -. . . pla^ itself at the time when Islam itself -was being attacked and why did you riot even now try to bring the Mussalmans nearer, to Islam and to infuse into them faith in, si-fid love 1 for,- God or- make them adopt Islamic manners and morals? What I say to you is simply this, your exertions for every object raust be: pro- portibriat'e to its importance. If you get the kingdom of this world, : but ". 'you have not Islam with you, theri What is the use of thatf kingdom? Your exertions for Islam which is your real goal must be greater than your exertions for the attainment of earthly Government, and whatever effort you may make for tfbe latter object must be in conformity, and ' not at variance with the principles of Islam. It is true that unless a cause is given a religious colour, it is difficult to secure for it the active sympathy of the people of India, but is it right to employ unlawful means- to attain a good object ? The end justifies the means may be the precept' of Europe, but' this is not the teaching of Islam. ! 'My dear brethren a thoughtful person never : forgets a lesson and a wise man never loses sight of -a'-' precedent that serves as a