Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 50
50 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad has enjoyed the succour of God Almighty in every field. This man invites people from the Muslim lands so listeners may hear from his own mouth what he claims and what arguments he possesses in favour of his claim. After a speech of this nature, the address of His Holiness as would follow and wherever our members go, this recording would be played to the people. After returning from his walk, the Promised Messiah as saw Qazi Yusuf Ali Nu’mani Sahib and went into his home. He returned for the Zuhr Prayer (and the Prayers were combined). It so happened that today a letter from Hakim Muhammad Ajmal Khan Sahib of Delhi was received by the Promised Messiah as and also the documents pertaining to the Haziqul-Mulk Memorial Fund. His Holiness as expressed a desire to use this opportunity to preach his message. When he is able to spare some time, he will write a letter about this which will be pub - lished in Al-Hakam. 1 1 November 1901 on a Blessed Friday Jesus as and Mary as Cleared of Charges His Holiness, on whom be peace and blessings, the Champion of Allah in the Mantles of the Prophets, remained seated as per his custom after the Maghrib Prayer. His servants surrounded him, sitting with utter devotion. Referring to discussions from the previous day, the Promised Messiah as said: “On the one hand, the greatness of the Messiah, peace be upon him, has been exaggerated immensely, but on the other hand, he has been denigrated by countless attacks made against him. I wish to clear both of these aspects and show the true and bal - anced position of the Messiah, peace be upon him. It is also my task to show the world who he truly was. Today I was reflecting deeply over the manner in which the Christians have treated the Messiah, despite turning him into God. Among other things, one new point I have discovered is that the historical account shows that the Joseph to whom Mary as was married already had a wife from before. Now we ought to reflect that the Jews, in their mischief and due to their unbridled temerity, declared that the Messiah was of illegitimate birth. The double injustice that they committed is that contrary to their own religious law, an ascetic girl who had been dedicated to God was married to a man, and they did this while she was pregnant. In this manner, the Jews dishonoured the Mosaic teaching and 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 41, dated 10 November 1901, p. 1 p. 322 p. 323