Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 197
26 December 1905 197 All these Oppositions are Meaningless I see and endure all these oppositions and enmities, and I see them all as meaningless when I behold the promises of God Almighty. So, this is one of His promises that was published twenty-five years ago. It is written in Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya: َ بَعُوْك َ فَوْق َّ ْن َ ات ی ذِ َّ ْن َ كَفَرُوْا و َ جَاعِل ُ ال ی ذِ َّ رُك َ مِن َ ال ِّ و َ مُطَه َّ ْك َ و َ رَافِعُك َ اِلَي ِّی ي ْ مُتَوَف ِّ اِن ی ْسٰۤ ی ِ ٰع ی َ بَعُوْك َ فَوْق َّ ْن َ ات ی ذِ َّ ْن َ كَفَرُوْا و َ جَاعِل ُ ال ی ذِ َّ رُك َ مِن َ ال ِّ و َ مُطَه َّ ْك َ و َ رَافِعُك َ اِلَي ِّی ي ْ مُتَوَف ِّ اِن ی ْسٰۤ ی ِ ٰع ی 1 ٰمَةِ. ی ِ َوْم ِ الْق ی ی ٰ ْن َ كَفَرُوْۤا اِل ی ذِ َّ ال ٰمَةِ. ی ِ َوْم ِ الْق ی ی ٰ ْن َ كَفَرُوْۤا اِل ی ذِ َّ ال This promise states that Allah the Exalted will not allow those who reject me to prevail over my followers; instead, they will remain defeated and overpowered. It is clear from this that all those people who oppose this sect that upholds the truth— whether they are insiders or outsiders—will all be defeated. So, seeing this Divine promise, all the oppositions and enmities seem completely insignificant. Although I am con- fident that these promises will be fulfilled because Allah the Exalted and His promises are true and are always fulfilled. No human being can stop them. The Need for Striving and Effort However, the world is a place where means are employed. Therefore, the means should be used. People in the world strive to achieve goals. Furthermore, each person tries in his own way. Look! No matter how good the land is, and even if the farmer has a well for irrigation, he still labours and endeavours. 1. ‘O ‘ I s a , I shall give you full reward or cause you to die and shall raise you to- wards Me’—meaning that I shall raise your status or will raise you from the life on earth towards Me—‘and I shall grant predominance to your followers over those who disbelieve until the Day of Judgment. ’ [Publisher]