Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 236
236 upon Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad the night and day in alternation, there is a law in relation to the Prophets, peace be them, whereby on certain occasions revelation is brought to a halt so that the Prophets turn to prayer with greater fervour. ' The forenoon and night have been presented as a witness so that the Holy Prophetsa may be increased in his sense of hope, satisfaction and comfort. In short, Allah the Exalted has taken these oaths for the fundamental purpose that God may expound matters of a conceptual nature by means of plainly evident phenomenon. Now consider how this manner of expression was so full of wisdom, yet these unfortunate people have raised allegations in this respect as well. چشم بداندیش که بر کنده باد عیب نماید هنرش در نظر May the malevolent eye be ruined; To it, even skilful excellence appears a flaw. There is an underlying philosophy in these oaths, which dom. The Jihad of This Era open the gates of wis- Hence, this is the war that is required of us in this day and age. This opens the doors of knowledge and crushes the opposition with conclusive argumenta- tion and a clear sign. By the grace of God, the people of the Punjab continue to be enlightened with divine insights and verities, while these are nowhere to be found among the people of Greater Syria and other Muslim lands. And so we are faced with the calamity that onslaught upon onslaught is being waged on all fronts. Therefore, I am required to make use of my faculty of reflection and present these difficulties before God Almighty through prayer. As a result, God Almighty comes to my support by His mere grace and compassion and discloses to me the deeper verities and divine insights that are contained in His book. Phy- sicians state that if a certain faculty is not exercised for forty days continuously, it becomes useless completely. I am reminded of a maternal uncle of mine who was struck with madness. He underwent a phlebotomy and was strictly instructed to not move his hand. And so for some months he did not move his hand at all and as a result, his hand became as lifeless as a piece of wood. Therefore, if a limb is 1 Al-Hakam, vol. 5, no. 21, dated 10 June 1901, pp. 1-4