Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 366
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 366 5 September 1907 Let your Actions Testify to You Being an Ahmadi Today, at 9 in the morning, ten or twelve people took the Bai‘at [Pledge of Allegiance] at the blessed hand of the R u hull a h [the Promised Messiah as ] in the courtyard of D a rul-Barak a t. The Promised Messiah as delivered a long address. Its summary is presented here. It is stated in a hadith, 1 ٗ َّ ذَنْب َ لَہ اَل ْ اَلتَّآئِب ُ مِن َ الذَّنْب ِ کَمَن ٗ َّ ذَنْب َ لَہ اَل ْ اَلتَّآئِب ُ مِن َ الذَّنْب ِ کَمَن. Now that you have taken the Bai‘at, a new account has been opened with God Almighty. Previous sins are forgiven on taking this Bai‘at with truth and sincerity. Now it is the choice of everyone to make Heaven or Hell for themselves. Man has two kinds of responsibilities: one to Allah and the other to His servants. The first is affected when a matter related to Allah is intentionally opposed through word or deed, but in the second responsibility, one must apply the utmost caution. There are some minor sins that sometimes a person does not even understand. Our Jam a ‘at should show such an example that the enemy calls out, ‘Although they are our opponents, they are better than us. ’ Keep the condition of your actions so straight that even the enemies become convinced of your piety, fear of God, and righteousness. Keep this also in mind that the eye of God Almighty reaches to the very core of the heart; therefore, He is not pleased with mere verbal expressions. What benefit can man gain from recit- ing the Kalimah [the declaration of faith in Islam] or istighf a r [seeking Allah’s forgiveness] by the tongue so long as he fails 1. ‘The one who repents from sin is like one who never sinned’ ( Sunan ibn M a jah, Kit a buz-Zuhd, B a b Dhikr Taubah, Hadith 4250). [Publisher]