Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 28
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 28 permissible and not contrary to the path of piety. They embellish something that is the ugliest of sins in their eyes, and they want to make them seem like animals or even inanimate objects. No word comes out of their mouths that is close to truth and cor- rectness, and they seek nothing within themselves but destruction and ruin. They do not discuss with their kings what is best for them in this world and the hereafter. Instead, they leave them like predatory lions and snakes, and at all times they try their utmost for them not to hear the commands of Allah and the practices of the Best of Creation s as. They do not alarm them with the conse- quences of negligence, nor do they blame them for committing a sin. Hence, those possessing these characteristics are merely a hole in the path of their kings’ weak legs; or they are fuel for a fire, or a covering for the eyes. They do not quench their thirst, but rather praise their shortcomings. For this reason, their kings became the target of people’s abuse, In Western newspapers, these individuals were labelled as lazy. In fact, scholars of Christianity, observing these circumstances, unanimously predicted that their days were numbered, and their government and kingdom would swiftly vanish. For instance, if the Ottoman Sultan were to pass away, according to their opin- ion, there would be no successor. However, only Allah knows the hidden realities of earthly and heavenly opinions and their poten- tial consequences. Who can awaken these individuals from their slumber and alert them to this calamity? Certainly, many of these monarchs have committed excesses against their own souls, surpassing the bounds of luxury and opulence, and made themselves hostages to immorality, idle- ness, and disobedience. They persist in pursuing alluring women,