Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 175
175 Argument 5—Revival of Islam The fifth argument for the truth of the claims of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as is that he has brought about the inner revival of Islam exactly as it was supposed to happen through the Messiah and the Mahdi. This also proves that he was the Promised Messiah as. Barring the Muslim clerics who have become biased on account of their indulgence in religious debates, all educated peo - ple will agree that Islam today is not as it was in the time of the Holy Prophet s as. Everyone can feel that something is lacking in Islam. There was a time when Allah said in the Holy Quran: 1 اَمَبُر ُّدَوَي َنْيِذَّلا اْوُرَفَك ْوَل اْوُناَك َنْيِمِلْسُم۰۰ Often will the disbelievers wish that they were Muslims (and could follow such excellent teaching). But today Islam is the target of all kinds of criticism. Let alone non-Muslims, a lot of educated Muslims are becoming doubtful about many of its teachings. Some object to its basic precepts, others to its moral code, and yet others to the practical applica - tion of its principles. Islam no longer inspires the faith and con - viction that it did in the past and this is why Muslims today are not willing to make the kind of sacrifices for the sake of Islam as they did in the past. This being so, we have to accept one of three possibilities. (i) That all that we know about Islam’s great past is no more than fiction and is a result of exaggeration by people of the past. (ii) That no one practices the teachings of Islam today.