Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 48
48 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad its Persian. I rebuked him strongly and told him that the book was full of filth and nothing more; do not place such value on the language alone. From that time, God has increased me in this zeal, and every fibre of my being seeks to destroy this idol of falsehood. God Almighty knows that during these days with the Prayers being combined—and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had foretold that the Prayers would be combined for the Mahdi—a magnificent prophecy is being fulfilled. As far as I am concerned, even though I constantly suffer from two illnesses, during these days, I am so heavily engaged that I work on this task late into the night at home with the doors closed. This is despite the fact that remaining awake late at night makes one’s condition of melancholy and headache even worse. However, I do not care about this and continue to do my work. Currently, the days are short. I do not realise where the day has gone until my water vessel is placed before me to perform ablution for the evening Prayer. At that time I feel a sense of regret and wish if only the day could have been longer. I suffer from diarrhoea and every day I must relieve myself many times. Every time that I feel the need to relieve myself, I feel a sense of grief on this account. Similarly, when I am reminded to eat over and over again, I must compel myself with great strength to eat a few morsels quickly. Though I appear to be eating, I can honestly say that I have no idea where that food goes and what I am eating. My thoughts and attention remain preoccupied in my work. Hence, this work is very important and if God wills, it shall be a sign, which no one will have the power to match. ” Readers! Just observe how these words show the zeal of His Holiness as , which God had instilled within him to propagate the religion of Islam. You can see the ideas in which we are absorbed and the thoughts in which His Holiness as remains engaged. Then, in this context, the Promised Messiah as continued: “Even though some may not consider this book to be wondrous or miraculous in any way, the world will see when it is published. When I began writing my paper for the Conference of Great Religions (Dharam Mahautsav), one of my friends— in accordance with his own view—did not express any happiness. However, God Almighty gave me glad tidings by way of revelation that my paper would be declared supreme over all others, and so this revelation was published even before the conference had taken place. Finally, when my paper was read out at the conference, everyone testified to its greatness and to the divine verities that it contained. This was to such an extent that English and Urdu newspapers from p. 320