Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 162
162 AHMADIYY AT a person sees that fire has broken out in the house of a Hindu neighbour and he does not get up to help in putting it out, I tell you truly he is not of me. If one of my followers sees a Christian being killed and he does not go to his assistance to rescue him, then I fell you quite truly that he is not of us. I say it on oath that I have no enmity with any people. I do, however, desire, as far as it may be possible, to reform their beliefs. If anyone abuses me my plaint is preferred to God and not to any court. Despite all this we claim it as our right that we should have sympathy with the whole of mankind. It is my principle that till one prays for one's enemy, one's mind is not wholly cleared. God has said: 'Call on Me, I shall respond to you' (40:61). He has not 'said that He will not accept a prayer in respect of an enemy. I believe that to pray for an enemy was the practice of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him; that is how Hazrat Umar, may Allah be pleased with him; became a Muslim. There should be no personal enmity with anyone and one should not be miserly and tyrannical. I am grateful that I can recall not one among my enemies for whom I have not prayed more than once. That is what I tell you and teach you. God Almighty is as much averse to anyone being persecuted and being treated as an enemy as He is averse to anyone being associated with Him. In one relation- ship He does not desire cutting asunder, and in another relationship He does not desire association. He do. es not desire that mankind should cut asunder from each other, and He does not desire that anyone should be associated with Him. This is the way that entails praying for those who deny us. Thereby one's mind is cleansed and expands and one's resolve becomes firm. . . . It is an attribute of God that He forgives the evil ones for the sake of the good ones. You, who have established a relationship with me, should become a people concerning whom it has been said that whosoever keeps company with them will not encounter misfortune. This is the purport of the teaching: Adorn yourselves with the qualities of God [MalfoozatJ Vol III, pp. 26-7]. As you are the heirs of truth you are bound to be treated with enmity. Then be warned and let not your egos prevail over you. Endure every hardship and reply gently to all abuse so that you may be rewarded in heaven. You should not use any harsh language concerning the rishis and elders of the Aryas lest they should revile God, the Holy, and His