Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 34
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 34 Allah had decreed for the kings of His religion that He would always support them after they demonstrated piety, and He intended for the Christians to prevail through their ploys when the believers had incurred the displeasure of their Lord. Unfortunately, in these times, we witness Muslim kings straying from the boundaries set by the All-Knowing Allah, neither within themselves nor in their rules. Instead, what persists among them is an insatiable desire for twenty varieties of fried food and sev- enty alluring, virtuous women or concubines, while they remain ignorant of proper judgment. Do you think their throne is the haven of security, whereas all that remains is like ashes? Do you think they are protecting the borders of Islam from the infidels? Nay, rather, they invite them out of carelessness to take possession of what remains of the ruins of the religion. Do you claim that they are the refuge of Islam? Holy is Allah! What a big mistake this is! Instead, they uproot the religion of the Best of Creation s as with their innovations. You may hold a good opinion of them and absolve them of their misdeeds, but what evidence supports this? Do you believe they safeguard the sanctity of Allah and His Messenger s as as true servants would? No, rather, the sanctity [of Allah and His Messengers s as ] shields them as they profess to be Muslims and claim to love the Best of Creation s as. Just punish- ment will be rightfully administered if they do not repent before Allah the All-Powerful and the All-Knowing. Who among you reminds them of the Days of Allah and warns them of the severe consequences? Do you not see that Islam has been shattered by a long period of calamities and dire oppression? And that tribulations have rained down upon it with a weight heavier than heavy rain, and