Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 9
3 OCTOBER 1905 to the Government. Our Mirza Şahib¹ also gave fifty horses to the Government by way of assistance at that time. [The rest of] India is nowhere close to the extent to which the Punjabis have accepted me. 2 3 OCTOBER 1905 Denial of a Prophet Inevitably Leads to Kufr The Promised Messiahas said: The denial of a Prophet leads to kufr [disbelief]. In fact, even the denial of a walī [friend (of Allah)] can cause a loss of faith and ultimately lead to kufr. It is written in Şahih al-Bukhārī, 3 مَنْ عَادَى لِيْ وَلِيًّا فَأَذَنْتُهُ لِلْحَرْبِ - meaning whoever shows enmity towards My walī, I call out to him to come and fight Me. God Almighty recounts the story of Bal'am-that because of his opposition to Moses, peace be on him, he became dis- graced to the extent that he was likened to a dog. Denial of a Prophet inevitably leads to outright disbelief. However, when one becomes the enemy of a wali, he is stripped of Divine grace without even realising it. 9 1. Reference is to Mirza Ghulam Murtaza, the father of the Promised Messiahas. [Publisher] 2. Al-Hakam, vol. 9, no. 40, p. 10, dated 17 November 1905 3. In Şahih al-Būkhārī, Kitāb al-Raqā'iq, bab at-Tawādu, Hadith 6502; it is [Publisher] . إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَالَ : مَنْ عَادَى لِي وَلِيًّا فَقَدْ آذَنْتُهُ بِالحَرْبِ : written as