Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 121
121 dependent on interest. It seems that in the present age everybody is determined to lend on interest and to borrow on interest. In a trade worth millions, barely a few thousand would lie outside the scope of usury. Muslims were told that if they did not desist from usury they should: 57 اْوُنَذْاَف ٍبْرَحِب َنِّم ِهّٰللا Beware of war from Allah. Yet, many still use interest money in the name of profit. There are others who admit their error but still continue to make use of it. Muslim doctors of religion have invented strange definitions of ‘interest’ and ‘profit’ and issued fatwas legalizing the acceptance of bank interest. By declaring that it is lawful to receive interest under a non-Muslim government, they have removed all barriers to usury. They have, in effect, invented a new Shariah. All this goes to show that the practice of usury has grown so much that no one can be safe from it unless God himself saves him. Another sign of the economic circumstances at the time of the Promised Messiah as foretold by the Holy Prophet s as is that Christian nations will be richer while others will be poor. The Holy Prophet s as said that the Dajj a l would say to the people, ‘Accept me,’ and then he will take all the wealth of those who refuse to accept him, while those who do accept him will be made affluent and he will cause wealth to rain upon them from heaven and to sprout from the earth. 58 This is what is happening today. Christian nations are growing richer by the day and their adver - saries are growing poorer, and this has been going on for the last century.