Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 96
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 96 and do not make food for me,” while their hearts desire sweets, des- serts, and all that is sweeter, everything that runs down the throat and passes through the veins, tender meat, and Syrian kebab, with water sparkling with ice to suppress this need and cool down the hot morsels. Then, despite this, they feel that a farewell should not be paid to them except with two dinars, or that whatever is in the house should be given to them blindly. And if food is presented to them that they find displeasing while eating, they curse the one who invited them ten times, mentioning him every hour and insult- ing him out of arrogance and pride, for not fulfilling their wish and not satisfying their desire. Likewise, their harms increased and their damage spread. So, how could the reformation of reli- gion be hoped for from these people? Can the trait of angels be hoped for from Satan? Rather, they are enemies of religion in the guise of a friend, with the face of a monotheist and the heart of a heretic They insist that Jesus as is among the living 1 , and they send him down from heaven, while they know that he died and joined the dead. The news of his death is present in the Furq a n, so in what testimony do they believe after the Quran? They say that he is infallible from the touch of Satan, and they have forgotten what our Lord said, 2 ٌ � َن َْطَا َل ُُس ْ ِم ِْهِ �ََكَ َعََلَْي ل ََْس َْي� ل ْ ِدِْي� َا َِب� َع َ � َن ِإِ 1. They also claim that birds are not only Allah’s creation, but some of them are of Allah, and some are Jesus’ creation. So think about what is the difference between them and the Christians. [Author] 2. Surely, thou shalt have no power over My servants ( S u rah al- H ijr, 15:143). [Publisher]