Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 21
21 uphold the honour of the Holy Prophet s as ? Is it infidelity to affirm the Holy Prophet’s true status? Do you think the love for the Holy Prophet s as amounts to apostasy? If this is heresy, if this is infidelity, if this is apostasy, then, God is our witness, we would a thousand times prefer such heresy to people’s faith, and such infi - delity to people’s belief, and such apostasy to people’s persever - ance. In unison with our master, Hadrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the Promised Messiah as , do we affirm: ؐ رمخمم دمحم ق ش �بع� دخا از دعب اکرفم تخس دخبا وبد یں � ا رفک رگ After the love of God, I am inebriated with the love of Muhammad s as. If this is kufr, then, by God, I am the most hardened k a fir. 18 We must all die one day and present ourselves before God. Since it is Him we have to ultimately answer to, why should we fear mere mortals? What harm can they do to us? We fear only God and only Him do we love. And, after Him, our hearts are filled with love and reverence for the Holy Prophet s as. If we have to sacrifice all honour and all relationships and all the comforts of the world for his sake, we can easily bear to do so, but never ever shall we tol - erate any disrespect towards him. We do not denigrate any of the Prophets, but, being witness to the spiritual power, knowledge and wisdom of the Holy Prophet s as , and his closeness to God, we can never accept for a moment that God loved some other Prophet more than him. If we entertained such a thought, no one would be more deserving of punishment than us. When the people of Arabia demanded of the Holy Prophet s as :