So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 142
BE PATIENT They (the opponents) abuse me but I do not mind their abuses nor do I express any sorrow for this act of theirs. It is because I know that they have become helpless and cannot oppose me successfully. They express. their helplessness through hurling abuses on me, issuing Fatwa of Xufr against me and dragging me to the court with false cases and telling lies. Let them oppose me with all their powers (of all kinds) and let them see whom the decision (of God) favours. If I pay attention to their abuses, I shall not be able to do the work that God has assigned to me. Now just as I do not pay any attention to their abuses, I advise my Community also that they shoulq listen to the abuses and tolerate them and they should never retort with abuses, for, by doing so the blessing will be lost. They should show forbearance and patience and display good morals. You should remember it well that wisdom and excitement can in no case go together (they are very much opposed to each other). When one is excited and full of anger, wisdom takes leave and goes away. But he who shows patience and forbear- ance is granted a light which brightens up the powers of wis- dom and then, this light begets more of light. Since excite- ment makes the head and heart dark, this darkness produces more of darkness. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 181) DEDICATE YOURSELVES A true Muslim is he who devotes the whole of himself (all aspects of his life) for the pleasure of God and hands himself over to Him. His beliefs and his actions, his target and his ambitions are all directed towards the achievement 142