The Conclusive Argument — Page 91
Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 91 showed them their error. But they had deviated [from the right path] and loved their vices on account of which Allah’s wrath descended upon them, and He made their hearts crooked and abandoned them in darkness. He made them like the deaf and the blind. O hasty one! Fear Allah and be afraid of the Auliy a’ of the Most Loving God. Your fear should not be like the fear of lions. And when you see a person who has devoted himself wholly to God so that nothing makes him heed- less of his Lord, then do not speak against him nor dare to abuse him. O helpless mortal! Will you fight Allah or kill yourself like the mad? Know that, in the begin- ning, the Auliy a ’ of the Gracious Lord are rejected, cursed, and denounced as disbelievers, and all manner of ill words are spoken about them. They hear every kind of absurd talk and hurtful words from their own people as well as enemies. People regard them as most ignorant and misguided, ّٰ وأراهم ضاللهم، ولكنهم زاغوا الل فغضب عیوبهم، وأحبّوا علیهم وأزاغ قلوبهم، وتركهم فی وعمین. ٍّ ۡ ظلمات، وجعلهم كصُم أیها العَجول، اتق الل ّٰ وخَف أولیاء الل ّٰ الودود، وال خَوۡفَك من االٔسود، وإذا رأیت َ رجال تبتّل َ إلی اللّٰ، وما بقی له شیء یشغله عن ربّه، فال تتكلم فیه وال تجترء علی سبّه، أتحارب الل ّٰ یا مسكین، كالمجانین؟ نفسك تقتل أو واعلم أن أولیاء الرحمن یُطرَدون أوائل فی ویُكفَّرون ویُلعنَون الزمان، ویقال فیهم كل كلمۃ شرّ، ویسمعون من قولهم كل الهذیان، ویسمعون أذًی كثیرا من قومهم ومن أهل العدوان، ویسمّونهم