Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 83
83 addition to promoting schism and mutual hostility, are attribut - ing their own words to God and to His Prophet and thus striking at the very root of Islam. The wealthy among the Muslims, even though their riches are nothing compared to those of other peo - ples, are yet so arrogant on account of their paltry wealth that they stay away from religion. Far from being of service to Islam, they do not even have any reverence for it. We do find Christian mission - aries who come from wealthy families, but among rich Muslims, we barely find anyone who is even cognizant of the basics of their religion. The rulers are so corrupt that bribery and exploitation is their norm. They do not use their authority to be of service to the people but arrogate all power to themselves as if they were God. While the monarchs are lost in the pursuit of pleasure, the ministers are engaged in scheming and treachery. The masses are worse than barbarians and millions of them cannot even recite the kalimah , let alone know its meaning. Time was when Islam was fast eating away at other religions; now it is like a carcass swarmed by worms and vultures. People have all the money for their own needs and yet when it comes to the needs of the faith they find it hard to part with a penny. They have time for gossip and fri - volities and entertaining friends but can’t spare a minute to learn and teach the Holy Quran. The Holy Prophet s as did not only say that those who don’t offer the five-time daily prayers or don’t offer them with congregations are hypocrites, but he says that those who don’t even attend the Fajr and ‘Ish a prayers are hypocrites. In spite of being the embodiment of compassion, he said: ن ُ لَھَا َّ ُؤَذ ي َ لٰوۃ ِ ف َّ اٰمُر َ بِا لص َّ ُحْطَب ُ ثُم ي َدِہ ٖ لَقَد ْ ھَمَمْت ُ اَن ْ اٰمُر َ بِحَطَب ٍ فَ ي ِ ذِی ْ نَفْسِی ْ ب َّ وَال 14 ْ ُوْتَھُم ي ْھِم ْ بُ ي ق َ عَلَ ِّ اُخَالِف َ اِلٰی رِجَال ٍ فَاُحَر َّ اس َ ثُم َّ َؤُم ُّ الن ي اٰمُر َ رَجُال ً فَ َّ ثُم