Some Hidden Pearls — Page 109
persist in their rejection of the truth; but they in no way, detract from the sublime fact of the deep, indelible effect which the chosen ones of Allah produce on the hearts of a large number of people who come in contact with them. Even in the case of the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself we have people like Abu jahl, Umayya, Utba and Shaiba, etc. , who never were prepared to give serious thought to what the Holy. Prophet said who were always inherently predisposed to reject and ridicule whatever he might happen to say. But those who have a righteousness of disposition in any measure, those whose eyes are not altogether blinded by prejudice or hatred, each according to their calibre and measure, they cannot help being influenced and effected by what the Apostles and Prophets, and the appointed Ones of Allah have to say. On account of his racial and national prejudices, this particular Arya did not embrace Islam as a result of his talk with the. Promised Messiah; but evidence is irrefutable that his heart had really been conquered109