Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 42
42 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad companions. I do not care in the least when my opponents verbally abuse me, and call me the Antichrist and a disbeliever, because Allah the Exalted has given everyone individually an inner sense of enlightenment and a sense of judgement. Any individual can smell the foul stench of waste that is excreted from their own body. Now when this is an established and accepted fact, then can a fabricator not smell the stench of his own lie, which is even worse than the reek of excre- ment? Indeed, he does. Hence, I cannot accept that a person who forges a lie against Allah would have the strength and steadfastness to put forth a claim with the strength and firmness that is always the distinction of the truthful. How then can these opponents succeed and what harm can they possibly do to me? If I had not been sent by God, and if it was not He Himself Who had appoint- ed me, do tell me why would I, or anyone else for that matter, bother to bear the trials and tribulations that I am faced with—verbal abuse, the uproar and clamour against me, opposition, edicts calling for my death, lawsuits accusing me of attempted murder and the like. No one would tolerate the obscene announce- ments that are published against me and the letters filled with abuse that are sent to me. But I speak the truth when I say that this matter is not in my control. God does what He wills, because it is He Who has laid the foundation of this commu- nity. It is God who has given my heart such strength that all of these afflictions and difficulties mean nothing to me; in fact, I feel as if I am not even being addressed. So think for yourselves, can such dignity, such strength, and such perseverance be possessed by a liar? I will not accept that a deceiver could ever be granted such strength. A person who commits murder is accused by truth itself. Ultimately, the person will confess his crime himself in court. The underlying secret in this is that a liar does not possess the same strength with which a truthful person is blessed. Lies make a person weak and cowardly. This is why God Almighty states: 1 ِ قَوْلَ الزُّوْر الرِّجْسَ مِنَ الْاَوْثَانِ وَ اجْتَنِبُوْا فَاجْتَنِبُوا Shun therefore the abomination of idols, and shun all words of untruth. Hence, it is imperative that everyone observes the determination and unwavering resolve of a claimant. As we would expect, as regards my community, Allah the Exalted has promised: 1 al-Hajj, 22:31 p. 37