Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 324
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 324 the mantra of his life—longing and hoping—but the life of Jesus as did not help them at all. At this point the bell rang, the whistle blew, and the train started mov- ing towards Lahore. 1 30 April 1908 (At Ahmadiyya buildings, Lahore) The Predicament of Present-Day Muslims The Promised Messiah as said: Rectitude, probity, righteousness, and purity were the blessings of Islam which were inseparably found in Muslims, but now people have become bereft of these attributes. If they observe Salat [Prayer] , it is only very rarely. Mosques are lying deserted. No worshippers can be seen. There was a time when it was hard for a worshipper to find mosques. Most of those who pray, pray for show because they are bereft of the impact of blessings of real Salat and its fruits. Whereas the Christians got rid of their worries by killing off Jesus as , most Muslims have found salva- tion in the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Husain ra. 1. Al- H akam, vol. 12, no. 46, p. 4–5, dated 6 August 1908