Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 163
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 163 Holy Messenger. As they are not endowed with true understand- ing they do not realize whom are they reviling. Bear in mind that a person who is liable to be carried away by his passions is not the one whose lips could set forth wisdom and understanding. . . . Do not deride and do not indulge in mockery. Your speech should betray no meanness or ribaldry, so that the fountain of wisdom may be op~ned for you. Wise words conquer hearts. Coarse and vulgar language promises disorder [Naseem Dawat, pp. 3-4]. I consider it right to declare that not all those who have entered into the covenant of Ba'iat with me are such that I could express a good opinion about them. I view some of them as dry branches whom my God, Who is my Guardian, will cut off from me and cast among fuel. There are some who were sincere in the beginning and possessed burning hearts, but now they are greatly constricted and no longer exhibit the eagerness of sincerity and the light of loving discipleship; like Balaam they are only left with cunning and like a rotten tooth deserve only to be pulled out of the mouth and cast underfoot. They have become tired and are fatigued and this worthless world has enveloped them in its cunning and deceit. I tell you truly that they will soon be cut asunder from me, except such of them whom the hand of God Almighty should take hold of afresh. However, there are many whom God has given me forever and they are the flourishing branches of the tree of my being [Pateh Islam, p. 40]. Though I am grateful to God Almighty for such perfect friends, yet, it is part of my faith that even if not a single one remains with me and all of them go their way leaving me alone, I would still have no fear. I know that God Almighty is with me. Even if I am ground down and am crushed and become less than a particle and experience persecution and abuse and curses from every direction, yet shall I be victorious in the end. No one knows me, but He is with me. I cannot be destroyed. Vain are the efforts of my enemies and useless are the designs of the envious ones. 0 ye foolish blind ones, which one out of the righteous before me was ruined, so that I might be ruined? Which truly faithful one was destroyed in humiliation by God, that He will destroy me? Listen with attention and remember, that my soul is not liable to destruction and that my nature is not prone to failure. I have been bestowed such courage and fortitude as mountains cannot match. I care for no one. I was alone and was not displeased at being alone;