Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 84
84 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad truth. It is in this way that one’s moral and spiritual faculties begin to wither away from within, until finally one becomes so bold and impudent that he begins to forge lies against God Almighty as well, and will reject the Messengers of God and those divinely commissioned by Him, after which he is deemed ‘the most unjust’ or azlam, just as God Almighty states: 1 ٖ اَوْكَذَّبَ بِاٰيٰتِه اهللِ كَذِبًا عَلَى مَنْ اَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ افْتَرٰى Meaning, who can be more unjust than the person who forges a lie and untruth against Allah the Exalted, or rejects His signs? Remember that falsehood is a most evil affliction and that it destroys a person. What could be a more grave consequence of falsehood than the fact that a person rejects the Messengers of God Almighty and becomes worthy of punishment from God by the rejection of His Signs? Therefore, adopt the truth. An Incident of Hazrat Sheikh Abdul-Qadir Jilani rh Related to Truthfulness There is an account narrated about Syed Abdul-Qadir Jilani, may Allah have mer- cy on him, that when he set out away from home for the purpose of his education, his noble mother sewed his share of eighty coins into the underarm of his shirt and advised him: ‘Son, do not lie. ’ When Syed Abdul-Qadir rh departed, on the first day of his journey he passed through a jungle that was inhabited by a large band of thieves and robbers. A party of robbers confronted and apprehended him. The robbers asked: ‘What have you in your possession?’ Syed Abdul-Qadir rh thought to himself that he was being tested in the first stage of his journey; he reflected over his mother’s advice and said: ‘I have eighty coins which my noble mother has sewn into the underarm of my shirt. ’ The robbers were extremely sur- prised on hearing this and said: ‘What is this dervish saying! We have never seen such a righteous man!’ They took him and putting him before their chief, related the entire story. When the chief questioned him, Syed Abdul-Qadir Jilani rh gave the same response. Finally, when his shirt was torn at the place that he had de- scribed, it turned out that there were indeed eighty coins sewn into his shirt. All the robbers were astonished and the chief asked why Syed Abdul-Qadir rh had told them the truth. At this, Syed Abdul-Qadir Jilani rh mentioned the advice that his mother had given him before he departed. He said: ‘I have set out as a student 1 al-A’raf, 7:38