Arba'in — Page 148
148 demonstrated their utmost capacity for exhibiting the splendour of the name Muhammad which embodies the manifestation of glory and the lustre of loveliness within itself, and they shed their blood in defence of the Faith. Following that era, those egregious liars appeared who did not manifest the glory of the name Muhammad. In fact, many of those who preceded me were the likes of thieves and bandits— they were falsely called ‘Muhammadi’ [meaning, ‘of Muhammad’ or ‘belonging to Muhammad’] and the people knew them to be selfish. Likewise, in these days as well, there are some ignorant peo- ple from the Frontier Region who, misguided by the teachings of such maulaw i s, make stealing and robbery their way of life under the pretext of manifesting the glory of the name Muhammad and they frequently kill the innocent. Nevertheless, hearken with full heed, for now is not the time to manifest the splendour of the name Muhammad ; that is to say, such jal a l i service is no longer needed, because that jal a l had already been manifested to the appropriate extent. The radiant rays of the sun are now hard to bear, and what is needed now is the cooling lustre of the moon, and for that, I have come in the character of Ahmad. It is now time to show a model of the name Ahmad. That is, these are the days to render services of a jam a l i character and this is the age to manifest moral excellences. Our Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was the like of Moses and Jesus. Moses had come in a jal a l i character, and the aspects of jal a l [glory] and God’s wrath were dominant in him; however, Jesus appeared in a jam a l i character, and humility and meekness were predominant in him. Hence, our Holy Prophet, may peace