The Holy War — Page 90
90 Statement of h a d rat Mirza [Ghulam Ahmad] Sahib In my statement of yesterday something remained to be written about salvation, as to what is the reality of salvation and in truth, and in real- ity, when and at what time can it be said concerning someone that he has attained salvation. Now, it should be known that Allah, the Lord of Glory, has stated this in the Noble Quran regarding salvation : ىٰلَب ْنَم َمَلْسَا ٗهَهْجَو ِهّٰلِل َو َوُه ٌنِسْحُم ۤٗهَلَف ٗهُرْجَا َدْنِع ٖهِّبَر َو اَل ٌفْوَخ ْمِهْيَلَع َو اَل ْمُه َو اْوُلاَق ْنَل َلُخْدَّي َةَّنَجْلا اَّلِا ْنَم َناَك اًدْوُه ْوَا ىٰرٰصَن َكْلِت ْمُهُّيِناَمَا ْلُق اْوُتاَه ْمُكَناَهْرُب ْنِا ْمُتْنُك َنْيِقِدٰص۰۰ 1 َنْوُنَزْحَي۰۰ And they say, ‘None shall ever enter Heaven’—that is to say, he will not attain salvation—‘unless he is a Jew or a Christian. ’ These are their vain desires. Say, ‘Produce your proof, if you are truthful. ’ That is to say, show us what salvation you have attained, ‘for he attains salvation who submits himself completely to Allah. ’ In other words, he dedicates his life to the path of God and spends it in His way, and after so dedicating his life, he becomes involved in the doing of good deeds, and becomes, ‘the doer of every manner of good deeds, it is only such a one, as shall have his reward with his Lord. And no fear shall come upon such, nor shall they grieve,’ meaning they shall gain full and perfect salvation. Here Allah, the Lord of Glory , states regarding the Christians and the Jews that the salvation that they, each on their own, claim to have gained, is just the expression of their desires. And the reality of 1. S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:112–113 [Publisher]