Favours of the Gracious God — Page 109
109 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS perverted the injunctions of religion. They consider the serious matters of truth and wisdom to be frivolous and futile, and regard gold as dross; and when they do tread [the path of faith] they tread crookedly. Their faculty of comprehension, through which they could have cleansed their hearts and perceived the arrival of the rain-bearing clouds, has departed. Thus, they have become like cattle that merely graze: they do not recognise the age, nor do they recognise that the era [of revival] has arrived! They do not walk the paths of truth and rectitude, nor do they search for the key to such a path, or ponder over the Qur’an with impartiality. They do not want the rains of divine beneficence to pour down, and roam in the wilderness of mischief like the blind. They cause hurt through their harsh words, which are sharper than swords. And they do not at all care for the status of the Truthful. When it is said to them, do not cause disorder, fear God and be guided, they respond that we are indeed the foremost promoters of reconciliation! Therefore, since they tell lies and do not forsake disorder, but are engaged in concocting falsehood, God has set a seal upon their hearts and made them drink the poison of their own sins, thus, they have become incapacitated and ruined. They were admonished but the exhortation