Life of Ahmad — Page 752
BISHOP OF LAHORE AND ISLAM as 752 righteousness and a zealous desire for their transformation grow in true love. Enmity obscures wisdom and extinguishes sympathy. The Holy Quran says (Al- Taubah 9:128) and in another place (Al- Shu‘ar a ’ 26:4). In other words, "We have sent unto you a Prophet whose heart is full of sympathy for you so much so that all your cares and anxieties grieve him in the same manner as if they had actually happened to him, and he is always anxious for your comfort and happiness;" and again, "Shalt thou, O Prophet! put an end to thy life on account of grief that these people do not accept the truth. " The last verse contains a reference to the true sacrifice of life which the Prophets of God make for the reformation of the people. These are the verses upon which I act and one can easily understand from this the nature of my feelings towards those who regard themselves as my enemies. . . ' But his Lordship could not be moved to acceptance, and wrote in reply from Harvington, Simla, on July 12, 1900: 'Dear Sir, I have received your letter of the 10th instant, but I have nothing to alter in, or add to, the reasons assigned in my former letter for declining the controversy with Mirza Ghulam Ahmad to which you invited me.