Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 96
96 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad him, and on his indignation for the institution of Prophethood. He did not even mention the issue at hand. Why did he not mention by name the deed to which he was being called? In actuality, Joseph as was enamoured by the beauty and kind- ness of Allah the Exalted and was a passionate lover of the Divine. In his eyes, nothing else seemed attractive in front of his Beloved. He was strongly averse to transgressing the limits of Allah. It is said that Joseph as remained in jail for a long period of time, a period that is said to have extended twelve long years. However, during this time, he never once uttered a word of complaint. He remained fully pleased with the decree of Allah Almighty. During that time, he did not even submit an appeal to the King so that his matter could be judged again or so that he could be released. In fact, it is nar- rated that this selfish woman only added to his spiral of pains, so that he would stumble. But this Truthful One did not let go of his truth and sincerity. God conferred upon him the title of the Truthful One. This is also a quality of one who has attained to the station of the Truthful in that no worldly calamity, no hardship and no disgrace moves such a one to transgress the limits set by Allah; the more that their afflictions and trials increase, their level of truth and sincerity grows all the more firm and pleasurable. In summary, as I have mentioned, when a person declares ُ اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُد (Thee alone do we worship) and moves forward with true sincerity and loyalty, God Almighty lets open a large stream of truth and sincerity, which falls upon a person’s heart and fills it with truth and sincerity as well. The individual in question brings with them ‘a paltry sum of money,’ but Allah the Exalted grants them valuable goods of the highest quality in return. My purpose in stating this is to explain that a person ought to advance in this rank to such a degree that their truth and sincerity become an extraordinary sign in their favour. An ocean of divine insights and verities is opened to an individual of this nature to such an extent that they are granted a power against which it is beyond the strength of any ordinary person to contend. 1 The Station of Martyrdom The third station of excellence is that of the Martyrs (Shuhada). Generally, peo- ple believe that a Martyr (Shaheed) is simply a person who is killed by an arrow or a gun, or someone who meets a sudden, unexpected death. However, in the esti- 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 3, no. 17, dated 17 May 1905, p. 2