Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 99
Malfuzat - Volume I 99 abused with the worst of invectives and are grieved in the worst possible manner. However, they were always addressed in the following words: أَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَهِلِينَ Turn away from the ignorant. Even the perfect man, our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was given immense anguish; he was abused, reviled and insulted, but how did this paragon of morality respond? He prayed for those who inflicted this upon him and Allah the Exalted promised that if the Holy Prophets turned away from the ignorant, He would protect and safeguard the Prophet's life and honour, and save him from the attacks of such miscreants. And so it proved to be. The opponents of the Holy Prophets were unable to tar his honour and only humiliated and disgraced themselves, ultimately falling at the Prophet's feet or perishing before his eyes. Hence, it is a characteristic of the reproving self that even in a state of struggle, one is able to bring about reformation. It is a common fact that if an ignorant person or some wretch unleashes abuse or creates mischief, the more one distances oneself from such people, the more one's dignity is preserved. The extent to which you wrangle and contend with such people is the extent to which you will suffer ruin and disgrace. In a state when the soul is at rest, one becomes inclined towards piety and goodness, and one severs one's ties with the world and all that is beside Allah. Such a person walks about on earth and interacts with the people of this world, but in reality they are not present here on earth. They live in a different realm altogether, where the heaven and earth is of a different kind. A Magnificent Glad-Tiding for the Ahmadiyya Community Allah the Exalted states in the Holy Quran: وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوْكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيِّمَةِ 2 And I will place those who follow thee above those who disbelieve, until the Day of Resurrection This reassuring promise was given to the son of Mary who was born in Nazareth. But I give you the good news that the son of Mary who has appeared in the name of Jesus the Messiah has been addressed by Allah Almighty and given glad 1 al-A'raf, 7:200 2 Aal-e-Imran, 3:56