Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 114
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 114 invoke His peace and blessings upon the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for whose sake alone Allah the Exalted has established this [Ahmadiyya] Movement. These victories that are happening are indeed the result of the Holy Prophet’s grace and blessings. I declare most emphati- cally, and this indeed is my creed and belief, that no man can attain any spiritual grace and beneficence without implicit sub- mission to the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and without following in his footsteps. Appreciation of the Government’s Love for Peace, Justice, and Religious Freedom There is another point along with this worth recalling, and it would be ingratitude if I failed to mention it. And that is that Allah the Exalted has brought us forth under such an Empire and Government which affords peace in every way and has granted us complete freedom to propagate and publicize our faith, and all kinds of facilities are available to us in this blessed reign. What greater freedom could there be than that we refute the Christian faith with great zeal and passion, and no one stops us from doing so? But there was a time before this, and those who witnessed that time are still alive today. The climate during that time was such that no Muslim could even call out the Adh a n [Prayer Call] from their own mosques. Not to speak of other sanctions, we could not even eat what was permissible in our religion. No proper investigations were done, but this is the grace and benevolence of Almighty Allah that we now live under a government that is free from all these defects; that is to say, the British Government, which loves peace and has no objection to religious differences, whose law