Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 166
166 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad إِنَّا لَتَنْصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوْا فِي الْحَيَوةِ الدُّنْيَا Most surely We help Our Messengers and those who believe in the present life. I believe that if God does not move a person's heart to help another, how could anyone be motivated to do so? The Secret Behind a Divinely Commissioned One's Call for Help The fact of the matter is that the True Helper and Supporter is that Being Whose greatness is extolled in the Quranic appellations describing Him to be an excel- lent Protector (nimal-mawla), an excellent Helper (ni'man-naseer) and an excel- lent Guardian (ni'mal-wakeel). In the eyes of the godly, this world along with its support is like the dead. They do not consider it to be worth even a dead insect. However, in order to teach the world a fundamental rule of prayer, they adopt this worldly method as well. In reality, they consider God Almighty to be the one who takes care of their ministry; that is the absolute truth. As stated in the Holy Quran: وَهُوَ يَتَوَلَّى الصُّلِحِيْنَ And He protects the righteous. Allah the Exalted, however, instructs them to make their work known through other people. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, would appeal to the people for assistance because that era was one of divine suc- cour, and the Holy Prophets constantly sought it in favour of the people. This is a subtle point which calls for deep reflection. In actuality, a person who is divinely commissioned does not seek the help of the people, but rather by proclaiming meaning: 'who are my helpers in the cause of Allah, he only seeks to welcome and receive the assistance of God; with immense desire and a throb- bing heart they seek to find God's succour. The foolish and short-sighted surmise that they seek to solicit the assistance of human beings, but this process of calling upon the people becomes a source of mercy and grace for the heart of a person, who becomes a catalyst for the descent of divine mercy. Hence, the underlying secret in the divinely commissioned calling upon the people for assistance is what I have just mentioned and so shall remain the case until the Day of Resurrection. al-Mu'min, 40:52 1 2 al-A'raf, 7:197 as-Saff, 61:15