Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 141
141 an awful day. ’ Say, ‘If Allah had so willed, I should not have recited it to you nor would He have made it known to you. I have indeed lived among you a whole lifetime before this. Will you not then understand (that a person like me cannot lie and whatever is being said is the truth)?’ This is the argument which the Holy Quran presents for the truth of the Holy Prophet s as and it is a great criterion to judge the truth of every righteous claimant. Just as the proof of the presence of the sun lies in the sun, so does the truth of a truthful person lie in his personal purity, which says to friends and foes, to strangers and confidants, that before you reject my claim, look at me and consider whether you can call me a liar, because, if you do so, then you will have to give up all the criteria that are used to discrimi - nate between truth and falsehood. If you call me an impostor, you will close upon yourself all the doors that lead to true certainty. Everything requires continuity and cannot jump from one point to another without going through intermediary stages. A person who has been running westward will not suddenly find himself on the eastern horizon. A person who has been running southward will not find himself in the north. The claimant would thus say: I have spent a lifetime among you as a child and a youth and an adult. You have seen me in public and in private. Whatever I have said or done is known to you. There is none among you who can accuse me of falsehood, or of excess, intrigue, fabrication, trans - gression, or any attempt to seek power or dominion over others. You have observed me in many different contexts and tested and tried me in myriad ways but have always found me steadfast in my regard for truth and honesty. You found me free from every sin