Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 324
324 MALFUZAT ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME IO the mantra of his life-longing and hoping-but the life of Jesusas 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 Messiahas 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 Jesusas, most Muslims have found salva- tion in the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Husaina. 1. Al-Hakam, vol. 12, no. 46, p. 4-5, dated 6 August 1908