Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 250
250 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Do Not Respond to Abuse with Abuse These people curse at me but I do not care about their abusive language, nor does this sadden me. For I know that they have become powerless in this contest, and they have no other way to hide their helplessness and powerlessness except by spewing out invectives, by issuing edicts of disbelief, by crafting false court cases, and by casting all sorts of aspersions and making all manner of calumny. They can muster all of their strength to contest me and then they will see in whose favour the final verdict is given. If I concern myself with their verbal abuse, I will not be able to perform the actual task that God Almighty has assigned to me. Therefore, where I ignore their insults myself, I advise my community that they would do best to show forbearance when abuse is hurled at them, and they must not in any case respond to verbal abuse with abuse. Otherwise, they will deprive themselves of God’s blessings. My community should exhibit patience and forbearance; they should demonstrate exemplary morals. Always bear in mind that reason and anger are dangerous enemies. When a person is overtaken by fury and anger, rea - son cannot remain. However, a person who is patient and shows forbearance is bestowed a light, which illuminates their intellectual and rational faculties in a unique way. Then light gives birth to light. In a state of anger and vehemence, since the heart and mind are darkened, darkness then spawns further darkness. Cherish Islam Once again, I return to my actual objective and say that the state in which Islam finds itself at the present time, the furthering of sectarian division on a daily basis, the increasingly brazen and insolent manner in which our opponents are making attacks and allegations, is the disorder created by this very worm of the earth (dabba-tul-ard). It is these people who have helped the Christian cause. But now, be thankful to God that He has come to our aid precisely at the time of need and has established this dispensation. Therefore, it behoves you to not waste away this bounty that has been conferred upon you and regard it with honour; give value to the help and succour that has been given to you. Bear well in mind that without the support of God, and unless He enables one to speak, no individual can expound any matter with full strength in a rightful manner. Without this, a person simply cannot find the proper arguments and is unable to speak in an effective way. It is also due to the special grace of God that through such a manner p. 516