Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 94
94 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 رَمَيْتَ اِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَ لٰكِنَّ اهللَ رَمٰـى مَا Thou threwest not when thou didst throw, but it was Allah Who threw. In short, through voluntary acts of worship, an individual achieves a great rank indeed and attains the nearness of God, until they are admitted into the class of those who are known as friends of God. In respect of such people, Allah the Exalted states: ِ مَن ْ عَادَلِی ْ وَلِیًّا فَقَد ْ بَارَزْتُہ ٗ بِالْحَرْب Meaning, I say to the enemy of my friend that he should be prepared to fight Me. It is related in a Hadith that God pounces on such an enemy in the likeness of a lioness who defends her cub if it is taken from her. Therefore, man should constantly strive to reach such a level. No one knows when death will arrive. It behoves a believer to never grow heedless and to forever remain in fear of God Almighty. ” 2 1900 Satan Cannot Touch Those Who Possess Absolute Faith During the days of his illness, Qazi Muhammad Alim Sahib, a resident of Qazikot, wrote to Qazi Ziya-ud-Din Sahib, who was also a resident of Qazikot but was in Qadian at the time, to submit a request for prayer to His Holiness as. The Promised Messiah as said: “I will definitely pray for him. You should reassure Muhammad Alim. He should not give in to any apprehensions on account of Ahmad Shah, for indeed he is nothing. He ought to consider such evil suggestions to be an association of partners with God. The more people seek to mislead him, the more their mockery and ridicule begins to show its effects, the more he should consider his path to be clear and unimpeded. Satan cannot even touch those who possess complete faith. It is my belief that Adam as was somewhat neglectful in the use of his faculties. After all, this is why Satan was able to misguide him. By God, if the Holy Prophet sa —the unparalleled gem of a man that he was—had been put through the same test, Satan would have been utterly helpless. 1 al-Anfal, 8:18 2 Al-Hakam , vol. 4, no. 44, dated 10 December 1900, pp. 2-4