Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 145
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 145 that God has ordained for them under the shadow of its protec - tion in peace and comfort, and who are nurtured by its consistent favours—that they should sting it like a scorpion and utter not a word of gratitude for its magnanimity and kindness. What our Benevolent God has taught us through His Beloved Prophet is that we should recompense good with even greater good and express gratitude to our benefactor. Whenever we get the opportunity, we are enjoined to reach out to such a govern - ment with heartfelt sincerity and utmost sympathy, and to will - ingly obey it in all that is good and obligatory. Hence, whatever gratitude my humble self expressed for the British government in the article included in Part III was not merely on the basis of my own opinion; rather, I was obliged to express this gratitude in view of the lofty directives that were before me as stipulated by the Holy Quran and a ha d i th [sayings] of the Holy Prophet s as. Some of our ignorant [Muslim] brothers—on account of their short-sightedness and inherent stinginess—have mistaken their extreme view of theirs to be a part of Islam. اے افجشىك ہن ذعرتس رطقى اشعق رہزہ دبانم ىنك دنچ وكن انىم را O cruel one, making excuses is not the way of true lovers; Without cause, how can you be so derogatory towards those who are known to be righteous? ( Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya )** ** The referenced text appears in the 2016 English translation of Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part IV, p. 6–7, and also Ru ha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 1, p. 316, published in 2019. [Publisher]