The Miracle of Ahmad — Page 20
Hazrat Mirza ghulam AHmAD 20 his conduct, he would suffer the worst possible disgrace. Indeed, no one is more ignoble than a hypocrite. 1 َّنِا َنْيِقِفٰنُمْلا يِف ِكْرَّدلا ِلَفْسَاْلا َنِم ِراَّنلا How disgraceful it is for a person to proclaim that the Mahdi shall come, that to deny him is an act of heresy, and that wars will be fought; to then, on the other hand, turn away from all these state - ments to please the government! If this is not called disgrace, then I am bound to say that perhaps the edifice of your self-proclaimed dignity is stronger than even a building made of mortar, for no matter how immoral an act you commit, it is not going to under - mine the edifice of your so-called dignity. As for the prestige of Ja‘far Zatalli, he and his ilk are not act - ing independently. They are all under the influence of Maulaw i Muhammad Husain since he is their advocate. Therefore, when the advocate himself has suffered disgrace, his dependants too have been disgraced. The shadow invariably follows the object from which it is created. How can the shadow of the tree exist if the tree has fallen? Still, if someone has doubts, I have with me both statements made by Maulaw i Muhammad Husain, one which he made to please the public and the other which he made to seek the pleasure of the government. One can look at both the statements and decide whether to commit such act of hypocrisy, while he desires to be called a religious scholar and styles himself 1. The hypocrites shall surely be in the lowest depth of the Fire ( S u rah an-Nis a ’, 4:146). [Publisher]