Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 86
86 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad eye that is known as the eye that beholds God. When one is granted this eye, their life of purity begins. The suggestion that someone else is punished and our sins are forgiven is some - thing which cannot be possible in any circumstance. Another person would never be hung to save someone else from punishment. This concept may be proven false by the sole argument that we see no parallel in the external affairs observed in the world around us. This concept does not save us from sin, in fact it encourages people to become more brazen. For example, this is a dog, not a wolf. Now, in reality, even if this were a wolf but we thought it to be a dog, it would be impos - sible for us to be afraid, and we would never fear it in the way that we fear a deadly wolf. Why is this so? It is because our knowledge does not tell us that this is a wolf; our knowledge tells us that this is a dog. However, if we knew that this was a wolf, we would flee from it and go to great lengths to save ourselves from it. Now, if our knowledge suggested even further that this was a lion, this would be a matter of great danger and in order to protect ourselves from it, we would go to even greater lengths. Hence, all of our faculties are particularly influenced by what we perceive in the way of fear and effect. How clear a truth this is, which any individual can understand, regarding the path that can save one from sin. I can confidently proclaim—as this is the truth and I have been firmly estab - lished upon the truth—that until one develops a perfect understanding of God, the Most Supreme, and the unsheathed sword of His power and dominance can - not be seen, man cannot refrain from sin. 1 Evil is a propensity that takes a man towards ruin; the heart becomes uncon - trollable and escapes his grasp. Even if someone says that it is Satan who is wag - ing an attack or expresses this in another manner, it must be accepted that today evil is prevalent. Satan wishes to establish his own rule and kingdom. The dam holding back the river of wrongdoing and promiscuity has broken, and this river surges forth in the form of a fierce tempest. How necessary is it then for Allah the Exalted, who takes the hand of a person in every misfortune and difficul - ty, to deliver His servants at this hour. As such, it is by His grace that He has established this dispensation. The world has employed various strategies to save themselves from the flood I have just mentioned and as I have just explained, the concept put forth by the Christians is one which a person feels shame in even mentioning. The cure is what God has instilled within a person’s inherent nature. 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 46, dated 17 December 1901, pp. 1-4 p. 358