Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 162
162 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad those who command large followings—I ask them that if this is the true means of attaining divine insight and truth, then did the Prophet of God, peace and bless - ings of Allah be upon him, forget about these invocations and litanies that you propose, these forty-day retreats, these practices of hanging upside down, etc. ? It surprises me immensely that on the one hand these people read in the Holy Quran: 1 َْمَِتِْيْ ُع ِ َّن ْ ُم َُْيُْك ُل َ ِع ُ ِت ْ َم َْمَ َّت َ ا ََو ْ ُم َُكُ ْن ْ ُي ِ َد ْ ُم َُكُ ْل ُ ِت ْ ُل َْمَ ُك َ ا َ ِم َْوْ ْي َْلْ ا This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favour upon you. Yet, on the other hand, by introducing their own self-invented practices and inno - vations, they essentially seek to break that perfection and show that it is flawed. On the one hand, these unjust people accuse me of making a claim to independ - ent prophethood which is separate and detached from the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who is a law-bearing Prophet. However, on the other hand, these people do not consider their own actions even in the slightest, for it is they who are making a claim to false prophethood. It is they who are cre - ating a new shariah that is opposed to the Messenger sas and contradictory to the Quran. Now, anyone whose heart is possessed of justice and fear of God ought to tell me whether I have added or removed anything from the holy teachings and deeds of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. My teaching is in complete accordance with the very same Holy Quran, and I believe in the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, as being my guide and judge. Am I the one who has taught the Sufi practice known as the ‘invocation of the saw’ (dhikr-e-arrah) and breathing meditation, and practices of ‘negation and affirmation’ (nafi-o-asbat), and whatever else? Am I the one who has taught these diverse practices? It is these people who make a false claim to independent prophethood and then accuse me. The Essence of the Seal of Prophethood Be sure to always bear in mind that no one can be a true Muslim and a follower of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, until they firm - ly believe that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is the Seal of the Prophets. Until one removes themselves from these self-invented 1 al-Ma’idah , 5:4 p. 429