The Founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at — Page 29
A Review of the Pakistani Government’s “White Paper”: Qadiyaniyyat—A Grave Threat to Islam [ 29 ] you according to your needs. ’ ( Riw a y a t Naw a b Mub a rkah Begum Sahibah ) The people in this age who themselves indulge in extrava- gance, the people who sell their faith for money, the people who indulge in lies and slander to earn their living; the people who do not hesitate to accumulate worldly fortunes by forsaking the signs of Allah, they are the people accusing the Promised Messiah as (God forbid) of accumulating excessive wealth and living a life of luxury after making the claim of being a Divine Reformer. If this were so, then every conniving liar and impostor would make such a claim. His- tory tells us otherwise. Those who come from God are treated differently. They are victimized, their properties are confiscated, their belongings are looted, their followers are persecuted, their businesses are destroyed, their entire life’s works dwindle before their very eyes. This is the treatment of the true claimants; but, impostors are treated differently. How can one say that the Promised Messiah as was treated differently? The reality is that from the day Hadrat A dam as was born, to the time of the Promised Messiah as , the world has witnessed the same phenomenon. One who is popular and has all the amenities claims that he is from God, and all his friends and relatives become his worst opposition. His own people oppose him, and his friends become his ene- mies. Attempts are made to deprive the claimant of every- thing. And this is what happened with the Promised