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60 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad adulteration. But where can such qualities be found in these people? I can never accept that a person be a righteous believer who performs good works, yet he should be an enemy of the godly; yet these people refer to me as being irreligious and an atheist, and have no fear of God. I have sworn by Allah the Exalted and proclaimed that Allah Almighty has raised me by way of divine appointment. If these people possessed even the slight- est regard in their hearts for the greatness of Allah Almighty, they would not reject me. In fact, they would be fearful, lest they became those who denigrate the name of God Almighty. However, this could only be if they possessed a true and outstanding faith in Allah the Exalted, and if they feared the Day of Recompense, and if they acted upon the following verse of the Holy Quran: 1 ٌ لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهٖ عِلْم تَقْفُ مَا لَا And follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge. Rejecting the Saints of Allah Results in a Loss of Faith The mindset and strength of faith possessed by those that I have just mentioned is such that they claim that a person who denies a Prophet is a disbeliever, but that rejecting a saint does not necessitate disbelief. They feel there is no harm in denying one man. 2 These people think that rejecting the saints of Allah is incon- sequential and they assert that there is no harm in doing so. However, the fact of the matter is that rejecting the saints of Allah results in one losing their faith. A person who reflects on this issue will clearly see the truth; in fact, they will see the truth as clearly as one sees their face in the mirror. It ought to be borne in mind that one loses their faith in two ways. Firstly, by rejecting the Prophets, on whom be peace, and this is something that no one can deny and is an accepted fact. Secondly, rejecting the saints of Allah and those divinely commissioned by Him results in a loss of faith. A loss of faith through the rejection of Prophets is a clear matter of which everyone is aware. However, I should still like to elaborate that a denial of the Prophets results in a loss of faith because the Prophets declare that they have been sent from God. Moreover, God states: ‘Whatever the Prophets announce are My words, I have sent this Prophet so believe in him, accept My book and act upon 1 Bani Isra’il, 17:37 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 9, no. 9, dated 17 March 1905, pp. 5-6