Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 228
228 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad after the lamp was extinguished, then the light suddenly appeared? Remarkable! Apparently, the disciples could not be cleansed and purified in the presence of a Prophet, but after him they were transformed? This would demonstrate that in his spiritual influence the Messiah was even more weak and powerless. God- forbid, was this some curse that until it remained before the disciples, they could not be purified, but when it was taken away, then they were filled with the Holy Spirit? Unbelievable! Many British writers have also taken up their pens to write on this subject and have expressed the view that the Messiah came to a group of people who were already aware of the objectives of the Torah. They were a people who had heard the words of God from the Scribes and Pharisees. It would be no surprise if they had already been pious and righteous. For 1400 years continuously, every so often, Prophets and Messengers came to them, who conveyed to them the command - ments and injunctions of God. It was as though their very seed was vested with a nature that inclined them to believe in God and revere His laws and abstain from evil deeds. How then was it possible for them to remain ignorant of the teaching that the Messiah wished to give them? Even if the Messiah had reformed these people, this would not have been spe - cial by any measure. What merit is there in the efforts of a person who seeks to improve the condition of an individual who has already been fully cured by another physician? Therefore, assuming the impossible, if the Messiah did give some benefit to the people, this is nothing praiseworthy. It is unfortunate, how - ever, that in the case of the Messiah, no benefit was given at all. Judas sold away his master for a mere thirty pieces of silver; Peter stood before Christ and cursed him. But on the other hand, the companions of the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, offered their heads and embraced death in the presence of the Holy Prophet sas at Uhud and Badr. Now justice demands that we recognise that if the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had not appeared and if it had not been for the Holy Quran, then what would we say about a Prophet whose teaching and spiritual influence left behind the likes of Judas Iscariot and Peter? This was the state of his spiritual influence. His teaching also was so deficient that no wise person could ever refer to the Messiah’s teaching as being complete. Moreover, it has no relevance in the way of civic, social and political life, and has left behind no positive and lasting effects. The Messiah’s claim is diametrically opposed to rationality, conscience, the p. 494