Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 136
136 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Now, as far as my community is concerned, gratitude is due to God that this issue does not present them with a trial. For they are ones who have under - stood the deeper reality of a Messiah who was to descend upon the minaret in Damascus with his hands on the shoulders of angels wearing two yellow gar - ments. They have rejected the concept of an antichrist who was to possess the attributes of God and have understood the real nature of the Antichrist. They have rejected the self-invented narrations in books about the so-called worm of the earth (dabba-tul-ard) and the Antichrist. When they have forsaken the false concepts surrounding all of these issues due to their thinking well of me, how can this one matter under discussion prove to be an obstacle and trial in their way? In fact, remember that now it is not just a matter of holding positive views about me; rather, God Almighty has elevated them to the station of divine understand - ing and insight. They have seen that I am the one who was promised by God; indeed, that I am the one about whom a promise was made through the lips of every Prophet of the past. Furthermore, in order to increase the divine under - standing of my community, God has manifested so many signs on the precepts of prophethood that hundreds of thousands of people are a witness to them. Friend and foe, those far and near, people of every religion and community are a witness to them. The earth has manifested its own signs and the heaven its own. All of the signs that were appointed for my person have been fulfilled. Hence, if after so many signs someone still denies the truth, they will perish. I confidently proclaim that God has blessed each and every one of you immensely. There is not a single one of you who has not seen at least one sign with their very own eyes. Can even one of you say that they have not witnessed a single sign? There is not even one. Then after these signs have been manifested to you which bestow such insight and divine understanding, you do not only view me as a good man, rather you bear testimony with full insight that I am truthful and have been commissioned by God. God has completely proven and conveyed His argument to you. Most unfortunate and foolish is the one who, after witnessing so many signs, falls prey to trial as regards the fulfilment of this prophecy, which ought to have been a means for the strengthening of one’s faith. Our Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said that it would also be a sign for the Promised One who was to appear that the Prayers would be combined for him. Therefore, you ought to be thankful to God that you have witnessed this sign being ful - filled before you. If a person asserts that the hadith in question is fabricated, I p. 407