Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 214
214 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad structed one to consider the evidence from every aspect and reflect with insight, and then if forgiveness is beneficial, to forgive; but if the individual in question is evil and mischievous, then one must act upon the following teaching: 1 ُ سَيِّئَةٍ سَيِّئَةٌ مِّثْلُهَا ء جَزَا The recompense of an injury is an injury the like thereof. This is the nature of the other pure teachings of Islam, which shine forth in every era like the mid-day sun. On certain occasions, even the sun is masked by clouds and apparently seems blurred. However, the countenance of Islam is free from this as well. The absence of divine insight has turned people blind and they see through the eye of malice. This is why their condition has deteriorated to an even greater extent than one who suffers from a cataract. How then can they make a proper judgement? The Doctrines of Christianity All of the religions that exist in the world are unblessed, deprived of light, dead, and utterly devoid of pure teachings. The Hindus have demonstrated the example that I have just mentioned. Similarly, the Christians have shown another example where they have turned a humble man into God—a man who was beaten at the hands of the Jews, which was a ruined nation themselves and a manifestation of the following: 2 ُ وَ ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ وَ الْمَسْكَنَة And they were smitten with abasement and destitution. Ultimately, this man was hung on the cross by the Jews and as per their belief, he became accursed and ultimately gave up his life crying: ‘Eloi, eloi, lama sabach- thani’ meaning, ‘O God! O God! Why hast thou forsaken me?’ Contemplate, can one possessing such attributes ever be God? Such a man cannot even be deemed a true worshipper of God, let alone God himself. Christians demonstrate by their belief that the prayer of Jesus as , which was offered the entire night, went unheard. What could be more unblessed than this? How could one expect that such an individual could be an intercessor for others? I do not recall ever having had the opportunity to pray for two hours and then having had my prayer go unaccepted. 1 ash-Shura , 42:41 2 al-Baqarah , 2:62