The Magnificent Services of The Just Imam, The Promised Messiah — Page 44
Magnificent Services of the Just Imam, the Promised Messiah as , to Reform the Mutual Controversies and Distorted Beliefs of the Muslims [ 44 ] Ghastly Accusations Against the Holy Prophet M uh a mm ad sa So far I have mentioned some of the accusations various people have made against the sacred Prophets of God. It is possible to argue that the accusations were prompted by opponents of Islam and adopted by some Muslims inad- vertently. Only God knows the intentions of people. As far as we can observe, among them are many godly people and great scholars who had dedicated their lives in the service of Islam. Even pious people were influenced by the propa- ganda of Jewish and Christian literature. They were not completely innocent like the Prophets, as God had not appointed them as reformers. They wrote many good things but made many mistakes as well. Allah the Exalted had destined to appoint the Mahdi to correct those mistakes. This was one of the Mahdi’s as great objectives. When [ Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as announced that] Allah has appointed him as the reformer, these very people started persecuting and ridiculing him. They fabricated lies against him and accused him despite his innocence. How can those who accused the Prophets, whom they believe to be appointed by God, be expected to leave alone a person whom they deem to be an imposter? Accusations like these are worthless and constitute unworthy attacks on the revered status of the Prophets. The worst of the attacks was launched on the status of the Holy