Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 374
Malfuzat - English translation of Urdu Volume 10 374 the Prophets. If mentioning the death of Jesus as is equivalent to hurling abuse upon him, then the one who abused Jesus as first and foremost is none other than God. Need for a Reformer What I mean to say is that it has always been the case that when the hearts of people become negligent of the rights of God and the rights of God’s servants, when cruelty and oppres- sion become the norm for people, when people appoint hun- dreds of idols for themselves and turn away from their Creator and the True God, and when they forget the teachings of the Prophets; Allah the Exalted rectifies all these evils by initiating a spiritual movement at such critical times. Even today, if one has the insight, he can discern whether the condition of Islam has reached such a critical stage or not when God should attend to it. This age is crying out by its very plight that a Reformer is needed. The Plight of Muslim Rulers Muslims are in a wretched state. The condition of ordinary Muslims is such that they do not merit even being counted. Those who are known as kings and are the caliphs of Muslims and the leaders of the believers—their own condition is such that despite being the king, they do not have the courage to permit an individual to speak the truth openly and freely in their realm. In the empire of the Sultan of Turkey, no one can pen even a few lines against Christianity, being apprehensive, perhaps, that all other Christian powers would be offended and take his kingdom. They do not hold so much as an iota