The Devotion of Life — Page 524
524 eternity and is Immortal. He is Merciful and Noble and forgives the sins of human beings. He is our spiritual Father; all creation is like His family. For Him, all human beings, men, women, children and elderly are equal. Another officer asked me where I learned the Russian language. I told him I had learned it in the prison. I had the opportunity to learn it when I was imprisoned in Ashq Abad and Tashqand. One officer asked me to tell them about myself. I replied, ‘I belong to the Ahmadiyya Community and I am an Ahmadiyya Missionary. Our mission is to travel to different countries and tell the people they have a living God Who even now talks to His servants and guides them. The allegation of my being a spy for the British is ridiculous. It is rather a far cry from reality. How could a young man who knows only Arabic and Urdu, who has never been educated in any university, who knows neither Persian nor Russian, be a spy? The British Government is not that stupid and incompetent that it could not provide a passport to its spies who get arrested as soon as they cross the border. I have spent two years in Russia. I can say with my own experience that Russians by nature are noble and open-minded. They are not prejudiced. Most of them love justice and hate injustice. ’ When I finished my speech, all of the Russian officers stood up and most of them shook hands with me. There was a woman among them. When I hesitated to shake hands with her, she became angry. However, after I explained to her the reason, she was content. It seemed that my speech had a positive effect on the officers. Most of them appeared to be satisfied with