Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 471
14 May 1908 471 have eventually turned apostate. Every Prophet and his follow- ers have faced such objections. Thus, some ignorant people even said: 1 ِلاَم اَذٰه ِلْوُسَّرلا ُلُكْاَي َماَعَّطلا َو ْيِشْمَي يِف ِقاَوْسَاْلا ِلاَم اَذٰه ِلْوُسَّرلا ُلُكْاَي َماَعَّطلا َو ْيِشْمَي يِف ِقاَوْسَاْلا Ta’am [ طَعَام ] means ‘fine, sumptuous, excellent food’. When people exceed all bounds in denial, these are the kinds of objec- tions that occur to them. Thereupon, one Jama’at member quoted an individual who said that if the proof for the truth of the Promised Messiah as was found in the Quran, he would not even accept that Quran, and that if God were to prove his truth through His Signs, he would not believe in that God. [The Promised Messiah said:] ‘This accursed statement proves that hearts have become hardened to the extreme. ’ Appreciation of Sincerity A man who was a follower of Jesus as , criticized him for letting a prostitute rub perfumed oil on him. He replied, ‘You wash my feet with water, but she does so with her tears. Allah esteems sin- cerity. Verily I tell you that such prostitutes will enter Paradise before the religious scholars and Pharisees of this age. ’ He was, indeed, right in view of the condition of the scholars of that time. 1. What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats food, and walks in the streets? ( S u rah al-Furq a n, 25:8) [Publisher]