Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 22
22 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad every limit in their enmity and they remain engaged in conspiring and hatching schemes in their mischief and to inflict pain out of their desire to destroy the Truthful. However, the hand of God not only saves His devoted ones, but rather manifests miraculous signs in their support. Therefore, a truthful one must never worry about an enemy. Of course, one ought to show patience and seek forgive - ness from God profusely. When the opposition becomes more extreme, God’s succour comes closer in equal degree and He shows a manifestation of His being. When a person has recognised the truth, they should view anyone who stands up to oppose them as worthy of pity, because such a person is not an adversary of the righteous, rather, he invites God to contest against him, and in fact wars with God. God Almighty is not hasty. He is not swift in seizing the wrongdoer. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was opposed vehe - mently, and he bore endless verbal abuse for thirteen years; even now for the last 1300 years, see how onslaughts are being waged against the honour of that Chief of the Holy, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Now God Almighty has exacted retribution for all of these attacks. Man is weak in that he seeks a swift verdict. God Almighty has also referred to this community as an ark. As such, in the revelation regarding the oath of allegiance Allah the Exalted states: َْكَ ُل ُـ ِف ِ ا ْلْـ َع َ ْن ْ ِص ِ ا Allah Almighty could have simply stated: ‘Take the oath of allegiance. ’ However, this revelation demonstrates that in this era also, something will occur that bears resemblance to the age of Noah as. Therefore, this storm of the present age that is the plague has demonstrated that it is akin to the flood of Noah as. It is mentioned in the Revealed Ode as well: ِ رکداگر ز واہللہکوچمہیتشکونمح دیبوتلٓاہکندورامبدنزرگنلم By God, I am from the Creator like the ark of Noah; He who remains distant from my ark will be deprived. The true purpose and objective of my advent is to propagate God’s Unity, good morals and spirituality. The meaning of Unity is to believe in God Almighty so that He becomes one’s sole desire and objective, one’s only beloved and master. p. 297