Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 33
33 the Messiah of Nazareth will come to save the Holy Prophet’s ummah from its tribulations are so conscious of their own hon - our and self-esteem that even when they are losing in a debate they consider it derogatory to admit defeat by asking help from another. In fact, if someone volunteers to help them out, instead of being grateful to him, they feel hurt and say, ‘Am I ignorant that you are putting words in my mouth!’ But when it comes to the Holy Prophet s as , they so easily say that a Prophet from another dispensation will be called to help him and that his own spiritual power cannot accomplish what is required. Alas! Are their hearts dead or have they lost all their senses? Do they reserve all honour for themselves and leave nothing for God and His Prophet? Is all their fury spent on their own enemies and none is left for those who attack God and His Prophet? We are asked why we deny the return of an old Israelite prophet. The fact is that we do not have a choice in this mat - ter. We cannot change our hearts and wipe off all traces of our love for the Holy Prophet s as whose honour is dearest to us. Not for a moment can we believe that the Holy Prophet s as should be beholden to someone else. Nor for a minute can we bear to think that, on the Day of Resurrection, when all of mankind will be assembled in the presence of God and the deeds of each one will be read out, the Holy Prophet s as would stand burdened by the debt he owed to the Israelite Messiah, and angels would relate how, when the Holy Prophet’s spiritual power started to wane, it was the Israelite Messiah who had done him a favour by coming out of Paradise and returning to the world to reform his people and saving them from annihilation. We cannot even contemplate such a thought. We would rather have our tongues torn out than