Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 10
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 10 God’s Being There is an Existence behind a curtain that manifests its Being to the world through calamitous Signs so that the world may know and it be proven that He exists. A wise person recognizes Him through His Signs. Islam and Other Religions The Promised Messiah as said: What is [the substance of ] the Christian faith that has made a mere mortal into God? The overwhelming majority of Christians in India are of the kind that if their stipend were stopped today, they would abandon Christianity and imme- diately distance themselves from it. On the other side are the Aryas. In their view, sins can never be forgiven—go on forever being reincarnated as pigs, dogs, and cats. The Christians put in place a repentance of a nature that utterly destroyed human morality: Fornicate! Steal! Cheat! Lie! Christ’s atonement will be more than enough [to pay the penalty of your sins]! Go ahead—you’re acquitted. The Aryas say that when an individual has committed a sin, it can never be forgiven despite a thousand regrets and remorse. An ordinary master can forgive his servant, but the word ‘for- giveness’ is nowhere to be found in God’s vocabulary. Islam has shown the right and true path between these two that when a person exhibits a heartfelt remorse and inclines towards their Lord, then gradually God Almighty grants them opportunities to carry out virtues. A love that inciner- ates sins displays its effects in their dealings. Every particle is