Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 199
199 In this way, the Promised Messiah as removed the many mis - conceptions that had grown around Divine scriptures and had caused this pillar of faith to collapse. He placed this pillar on its true foundations. He disclosed the true nature and importance of Divine revelation and drew people towards them. He revealed the brilliance of the Word of God by removing the veils that the Muslims had placed on it on account of their ignorance. Even non-Muslims were bedazzled by the light of the Holy Quran. The fourth pillar of faith in Islam is the belief in Prophets. This pillar, too, had been tarnished by Muslims who were una - ware of the truth and estranged from spirituality. They not only distorted the form of this pillar but made it so repulsive that the hearts of Muslims became devoid of love for Prophets. The fact is that these so-called Muslims are primarily responsible for all the vile attacks that have been made on the character of the Holy Prophet s as in this age. Truth be told, Christians and other critics of Islam do not fabricate lies against the Holy Prophet s as as much as they base their objections on accounts that the Muslims them - selves accept and relate in their gatherings and recount in their sermons. A Muslim who has the honour of his religion at heart is devastated to see that the enemies of Islam are attacking the per - son and character of the Holy Prophet s as with weapons forged by Muslims themselves. It might seem that these attacks are exposing the moral weaknesses of the Holy Prophet s as but, in fact, they only expose the hypocrisy of the attackers themselves. Prophets come to the world to promote piety and purity and to bring guidance. However, in faije-a’waj , or the age of darkness, the Muslims started attributing to Prophets shortcomings that are repulsive even to hear. They recounted the sins of all Prophets,