Life of Ahmad — Page 497
as LETTER TO THE AM i R 497 the truth and be of those who are the first. 117 This is the grace of God upon us and upon our brothers who are Muslims. Woe unto those who recognize not the time and see not the days of Allah and live in idleness and negligence. They do nothing but make kafirs of Muslims and call the truthful liars. They ponder not over Allah and adopt not the ways of the righteous. These are the people who declared us to be kafir and cursed us. They have accused us falsely of having claimed prophethood and denied miracle and angles. They have not understood what we have said, nor do they think over it. They have opened their mouths in haste. We are innocent of what they manufacture against us. We are believers by the grace of God and believe in Allah, in His book, the Quran, and in His Messenger. We believe in all that our Holy Prophet sa has brought and we believe in all the Prophets and we bear witness with heart and soul that there is none worthy to be worshipped except Allah and that Muhammad sa is the Messenger of Allah. These are the articles of our faith and with them shall we go to Allah. We are truthful. Surely Allah is gracious unto the whole world. He has made a creature of His a Reformer at the 117 Mark the authority and vigour with which Ahmad as addresses the king. Can such mighty words ever come from an impure heart?