Perseverance — Page 107
Part II – My Life as a Muslim 107 Messiah when he would appear amongst them. The prophecy has been fulfilled in the person of Hazrat Mirz ā Ghul a m Ahmad as. I asked Huzoor ra how will the Muslims make the mistake of the Christians. Hazrat S a hib said, “Before Ahmadiyyat, the Muslims were sticking close to the letter and lost the spirit. For example, in the fasting, if one is sick the Ahmadis say there is no need to fast, but the other [non-Ahmadi] Muslims say you must keep fast, or if you are on a journey you should not fast as Ahmadis say, but the other Muslims say you should fast. They also say that when your clothes are not clean do not say prayers. But the Ahmadis say it is better to pray with dirty clothes than not to say prayers at all. This shows that the Ahmadis are making it so moderate there may come some person from Ahmadis and make this even more liberal. Then they will be just as the Christians. Also, once an Ahmadi had made a kalimah [i. e. , credo of faith ] and began to say the Promised Messiah was better than the Holy Prophet and that Qadi ā n was a holy center and we should turn our face towards there when we say our prayers, but when we came to know this, we turned him out of the community. ” I said, “You said at first that maghz ū bi alayhim walaz-z a ll ī n 35 was a prophecy, but that is not a prophecy. For example, if I say your building is in Chicago, that does not mean your building is Chicago. ” 35 This is how Urdu speaking people pronounce the Arabic words magh d ūbi ‘alayhim wala d-da ll ī n. [Writer]