Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 327
14 August 1905 327 attributes of God Almighty continue being present from ancient times. If one attribute is invalidated, the same may have happened to another attribute. The true religion is the one which presents the living God—and that is Islam. Our opponents profess [a belief in] Islam, but it is a pity that they deny Islam’s worthiness of meriting this excellence. Since Islam came into being, there have always been practical models within it, but they deny it and say that this is no longer the case. How sad! The Promised Messiah as said: Another big evil is that a person has knowledge and under- standing, but then the thoughts of the world prevail, and he becomes cold to religion—he becomes a hypocrite or [spirit- ually] dead. Therefore, only he will be counted as a member of this Jam a ‘at who is willing to become a target of every type of suffering and hardship. Nevertheless, if there is love, everything is possible, just as you can put as much load as you want on an intoxicated camel. The Promised Messiah as said: If there is a strong-hearted person, not only is he immune to the clamour and mischief of the opponents, but Allah the Exalted places an attraction and a captivation in him. 1 1. Al- H akam , vol. 9, no. 29, p. 6, 7, dated 17 August 1905