Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 20
20 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad be the inheritor of salvation through belief in a wooden crucifix? Every other day, the 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 the work of attacking Islam in any way possible. At this time, the onslaught waged against Islam knows no bounds. On the one hand, God has promised: 1 َ لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوْن اِنَّا Most surely We will be its Guardian. On the other hand, our foolish critics are so ‘wise’ that they claim no one has appeared in Islam with the light of divine insight so as to safeguard the Faith; in fact, an Antichrist has appeared instead. Alas! What a pity! Nay, a thousand pities! This was the perfect time for God to manifest the shining hand of His sup- port and succour. I say, in any case, He has done so. God will manifest His lustre. He will shame my opponents and show them what has been achieved at the hand of the one who has come. ” 2 21 April 1899 The Veiling of Faults The Promised Messiah as states: “The nature of God Almighty in concealing the faults of man is such that despite Him witnessing the sins and faults of human be- ings, in view of this divine attribute of His, He continues to veil their evil deeds so long as they do not surpass the bounds of moderation. Man on the other hand, does not even find any real fault in another and begins to raise a clamour. The fact of the matter is that man has little patience, whereas the being of God Almighty is forbearing and merciful. A wrongdoing person will even wrong their own soul. At times, they will lose full sight of the forbearance of God Almighty and as a result, become brazen. It is then that the divine attribute of retribution begins to operate and seizes such a man. The Hindus say that Parmeshwar is averse to ‘att’ , i. e. a thing that is beyond the bounds; that is to say, God dislikes a thing that is in transgression of the limits. However, despite all this, God is so Merciful and Generous that even if a person is steeped in such a state, if they fall at the divine threshold with extreme humility and lowliness, He turns to such a one with His 1 al-Hijr, 15:10 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 3, no. 18, dated 19 May 1899, pp. 4-5