Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 212
212 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Guidance to Save Oneself from the Ways of Those Who Have Incurred Divine Displeasure and Those Gone Astray Not the path of those who have incurred غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ Moving on Thy displeasure, and nor those who have gone astray) corresponds with (Master of the Day of Judgement). One who incessantly prays to be saved from incurring divine displeasure and being led astray receives grace from the fountain of (Master of the Day of Judgement). The meaning and connotation of this is: 'O You Who are the Master of the Day of Judgement, save us from being like the Jews who fell prey to the plague and other worldly afflictions, etc. , and who were destroyed by divine wrath; or from being like the Christians, to whom the path of salvation was lost. ' In this verse, the Jews have been described as maghdub or those who have incurred the wrath of God, because the misfortune of their evil deeds brought upon them divine chastisement in this very world. For they rejected the pious Prophets of God Almighty and His righteous serv- ants, and hurt them time and again. It should also be borne in mind that here in Surah Fatihah, God Almighty has guided us to refrain from following the way of the Jews. Furthermore, He has brought this chapter to a close on the word ad-daleen and in doing so, He has taught us to save ourselves from the path of the misguided. What is the secret in this? The hidden reality is that an era was to dawn upon the community of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, when Muslims would imitate the Jews and only give regard to the apparent; they would rise up to reject the holy men of God, whilst applying literal meanings to metaphors, just as the Jews rejected the Messiah, son of Mary. The trial which the Jews were faced with was that they mocked the interpretation of Jesusas and asserted that if God had really intended that someone else would appear in the likeness of Elijah, why then did God not clearly state this in the prophecy? Similarly, our opponents have taken the same route in practice and have left no stone unturned in rejecting me and causing me grief. They have even issued edicts of death against me and have sought to disgrace and annihilate me through all kinds of schemes and conspiracies. If, by the grace of God Almighty, the British government had not ruled this land, these people would have glad- dened their hearts with my murder. However, God Almighty frustrated them in all their objectives and fulfilled His promise in my favour: