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20 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad be <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> in<mark>he</mark>ritor of salvation through belief in a wooden crucifix? Every o<mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>r day, <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> Christians go on publishing and distributing leaflets, 50,000 and even 100,000 in number. Like a swarm of locusts, women, children, young and old are engaged in <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> work of attacking Islam in any way possible. At t<mark>his</mark> time, <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> onslaught waged against Islam knows no bounds. On <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> one hand, <mark>God</mark> has promised: 1 َ لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوْن اِنَّا Most surely We will be its Guardian. On <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> o<mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>r hand, our foolish critics are so ‘wise’ that <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>y claim no one has appeared in Islam with <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> light of divine insight so as to safeguard <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> Faith; in fact, an Antichrist has appeared instead. Alas! What a pity! Nay, a thousand pities! T<mark>his</mark> was <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> perfect time for <mark>God</mark> to <mark><mark>man</mark></mark>ifest <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> shining hand of <mark>His</mark> sup- port and succour. I say, in any case, <mark>He</mark> has done so. <mark>God</mark> will <mark><mark>man</mark></mark>ifest <mark>His</mark> lustre. <mark>He</mark> will shame my opponents and show <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>m what has been achieved at <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> hand of <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> one who has come. ” 2 21 April 1899 <mark>T<mark>he</mark></mark> Veiling of <mark>Faults</mark> <mark>T<mark>he</mark></mark> Promised Messiah as states: “<mark>T<mark>he</mark></mark> <mark>nature</mark> of <mark>God</mark> <mark>Almighty</mark> in <mark>concealing</mark> <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> <mark>faults</mark> of <mark><mark>man</mark></mark> is <mark>such</mark> that <mark>despite</mark> <mark>Him</mark> <mark>witnessing</mark> <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> <mark>sins</mark> and <mark>faults</mark> of hu<mark><mark>man</mark></mark> be- <mark>ings</mark>, in view of t<mark>his</mark> divine attribute of <mark>His</mark>, <mark>He</mark> continues to veil <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>ir evil deeds so long as <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>y do not surpass <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> bounds of moderation. <mark><mark>Man</mark></mark> on <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> o<mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>r hand, does not even find any real fault in ano<mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>r and begins to raise a clamour. <mark>T<mark>he</mark></mark> fact of <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> matter is that <mark><mark>man</mark></mark> has little patience, w<mark>he</mark>reas <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> being of <mark>God</mark> <mark>Almighty</mark> is forbearing and merciful. A wrongdoing person will even wrong <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>ir own soul. At times, <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>y will lose full sight of <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> forbearance of <mark>God</mark> <mark>Almighty</mark> and as a result, become brazen. It is <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>n that <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> divine attribute of retribution begins to operate and seizes <mark>such</mark> a <mark><mark>man</mark></mark>. <mark>T<mark>he</mark></mark> Hindus say that Parmeshwar is averse to ‘att’ , i. e. a thing that is beyond <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> bounds; that is to say, <mark>God</mark> dislikes a thing that is in transgression of <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> limits. However, <mark>despite</mark> all t<mark>his</mark>, <mark>God</mark> is so Merciful and Generous that even if a person is steeped in <mark>such</mark> a state, if <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark>y fall at <mark>t<mark>he</mark></mark> divine threshold with extreme humility and lowliness, <mark>He</mark> turns to <mark>such</mark> a one with <mark>His</mark> 1 al-Hijr, 15:10 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 3, no. 18, dated 19 May 1899, pp. 4-5