Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 80
80 10 ِّبَرٰي َّنِا يِمْوَق اْوُذَخَّتا اَذٰه َنٰاْرُقْلا اًرْوُجْهَم ‘O my Lord, my people indeed treated this Quran as a dis - carded thing. ’ The question we ask today is not what part of Islam the Muslims have abandoned, the question is, what part of it do they still hold on to? Truly has someone said, ‘You will only find Muslims in graveyards, and Islam in books. ’ This means that Islam is only found in the Holy Quran, in Hadith, and in books of Muslim saints, but not in the lives of the Muslims. In the first place, Muslims are hardly aware of the teachings of Islam, but even if they want to gain knowledge of it, this has become almost impos - sible because its teachings have been so massively distorted. Such doctrines have been fabricated about God Himself that no honest person could accept them and at the same time proclaim, ‘Holy is God the Praiseworthy; Holy is God the High and Mighty. ’ 11 Unspeakable things have been attributed to angels regarding whom God says: 12 َنْوُلَعْفَي اَم َنْوُرَمْؤُي They do what they are commanded. Angels are sometimes portrayed as critics of God and sometimes as lovers of impure women in the guise of mortals. Similarly, false - hood and sins are attributed to Prophets, which severs the rela - tionship of love and reverence that people should have towards these holy men. The Word of God is said to have been tampered with by Satan, which renders it doubtful. Heaven and Hell are