Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 125
125 PArT T Wo God’s designs, in short, cannot be frustrated by mortals; How, indeed, can the created avail anything against the Creator! My purpose, in short, is to admonish the Pundit and other ene- mies and opponents that if they do not wish to believe in the true books revealed by God on account of their worldliness, racial prejudice, false pride, or lack of modesty, so be it; but they must desist from using abusive language, as it leads to an evil end. Even if one were to suppose, for the sake of argument, that the truth of the Divine Prophets is not apparent to them, they will certainly admit—if only out of some fear of God and of public ridicule— that what has not been proven to be true is not necessarily false. To say that the truth of Tom’s claim is yet to be established, can never be the same as saying that it has been established that Tom is false in his claim. The fact is that declaring someone to be a liar without estab- lishing his falsehood, and continuously calling him a liar, is the work of those who take material gains, false pride and status in the community to be their everything—their faith, their religion, and their Parmeshwar and Bhagw a n [God]. If they were to accept the truth and give up all sorts of stubbornness, they would have to leave everything behind and enter the faith of God in all meek- ness and humility, and would no longer be addressed as Pundits, Gurus or Swamis. It is such people, therefore, who stand to gain the most from opposing the truth and righteousness and it is they who are perforce infuriated by it. Why indeed should they