The Detroit Address — Page 16
16 For if it was a conscious effort, they could not remain true Ahmadis. They would immediately become untrue and faithless because they would contradict the Holy Quran’s fundamental teaching. However, as I have stated, man is a victim of thousands of deceits. He does not realize his own weaknesses throughout his life. Sometimes, at his deathbed, he is amazed to realize how he has spent all his life in igno- rance. Therefore, it is necessary that after a thorough analysis of the situation, he should be made to face reality in such a way that he is helped to understand what and why he is doing is something wrong. It should then be explained to him why he should stop what he is doing wrong. However, I am not blaming all of the immigrants for making a con- scious mistake; nevertheless, this is happening due to a lack of understanding, and a vast majority of them do become prey to such ills. Quite a long time ago, when there were not many Pakistanis in America, one person told me that in his opinion, the greatest problem in America was, God forbid, that our missionaries had made a blunder by first going to the blacks for tabl i gh [preaching]. Consequently, the blacks were joining Ahmadiyyat in great numbers, and thus, the doors were being closed for the whites to enter the fold of Islam. This statement depicted the same inferiority complex that existed in N uh ’s as nation. It was foolishly being implied that people with relatively lesser social status remain disreputed even though they had accepted God. Religion would be hon- ored only when the whites would join it, and without the