Life of Ahmad — Page 461
461 CHAPTER 47 REGULATION OF CONTROVERSIES A true reformer and leader is gifted with wisdom, foresight and prudence. He goes to the root of trouble and aims at real reform. He sticks to the truth and is fair to all. Humanity is divided into various religious camps and they seem to be perpetually at war. Communal prejudice, whether in India or elsewhere, results in bitterness and causes ugly disturbances. Thoughtless people blame religion for all these troubles and throw it overboard. Business people worship mammon and become thoroughly indifferent to religion. Superficial minds seek comfort in empty phrases and platitudes like the sisterhood of religions and the fellowship of faiths. They are afraid of going deeper into religion and thus miss the truth. Ahmad as had worked hard for several years to call mankind back to God. He had done everything that lay in his power to shake the lethargic and the drowsy, to awaken in them a genuine interest in their spiritual welfare. He had succeeded in guiding thousands to the truth. But the multitude of people were yet misled and