Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 154
154 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad results of following such a teaching. A human being simply cannot act upon the Gospel teaching. Hence, these are two examples of righteousness in the doctrinal and practical sense. Belief in the Word of God In addition to this, however, there is a third category of righteousness and it is described in the following verse: 1 َ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِمَاۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْك They believe in that which has been revealed to thee. Human beings depend on the power of testimony. One must not follow a path that goes against authentic testimony. A path that is at odds with the testimo- nies of the truthful is a dangerous one. The path of righteousness is that which is vouched for by powerful testimony that is living and present in every age. For example, you ask someone directions and they tell you that a certain path leads in such and such direction. However, ten other people say otherwise and explain that this route leads in some other direction. Now, righteousness would demand that one accepts the word of these good-natured people. Remember that only the testimony of the virtuous is acceptable and proper. The testimony of those who are immoral can never be accepted. This is the third category of righteousness that is alluded to in the following verse: 2 َ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِمَاۤ اُنْزِلَ اِلَيْك They believe in that which has been revealed to thee. By forsaking this principle as well, many people are ruined. Those people who have opposed me have done so for the very reason that they have abandoned this third category of righteousness. The Death of Jesus as The Word of God Almighty supports me with thirty verses. On one occasion, it supports me in the following words: 1 al-Baqarah, 2:5 2 al-Baqarah, 2:5