The Ocean of Light — Page 23
23 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS but forget their own selves and think that this is the way of the wise. They do not consider the affairs of religion with a logical approach and never reflect on the basis of principles based on deep insight, nor do they follow the path of research. You will find them like animals, or even like inanimate objects. They make a show of piety and kindness as if they had been embellished with the traits of prophethood or saintliness, but whenever they see that their apparent gentle demeanour is not resulting in the desired outcome, they turn instead to uttering abuse and raising objections. They brand the godly men as sinful, excommunicating the pious. They label great saints as heretics and consider the enlightened to be ignorant, even though they themselves are ignorant and illiterate. They have no knowledge of what Islam is. They try to abase the learned people from their station, under the illusion that they themselves are great scholars. In their field of view, they seek only those who, after listening