With Love to the Muslims of the World — Page 20
20 When the elders of the people and Pharaoh were plotting to murder Moses, a wise man from amongst them—who had secretly believed in Moses—strongly counselled them to refrain from such a folly. The powerful argument he gave was this: Either Moses is false in his claim or not. There is no third option. If he is false, then he has committed a crime against God and hence, it is for God to punish him. He will be punished for his crime, and not you; so why should you bother? But also remember this: If he happens to be right, then God's wrath which he has been promising, is bound to befall you. What a wise counsel indeed! How logical and how just! A counsel which was considered worthy of being recorded in His Eternal Book, the Holy Qur’an. This advice is as good today as it was in the time of Moses. The case of Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claim belongs to this category and should be treated alike by all those who have any regard for the Word of God. A NOTHER G UIDING P RINCIPLE OF THE H OLY Q UR ’ AN Another guiding principle which has been very clearly laid down by the Holy Qur’an is the natural conclusion of the same argument which was put forward by that wise man of the time of Moses. Applying this principle to the claim of the Holy Prophet, the Founder of Islam, God declares,