Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 142
142 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad one is admitted into the class known as ‘saints. ’ The divine verities of the Holy Quran are not unveiled until one enters the class of the saints. People have erred in understanding what the word ‘saints’ actually implies; they have understood it in a strange manner of their own. The fact of the matter is that saints are those people who inculcate within themselves a pure transformation and then, due to this transformation, their hearts are cleansed of the darkness and rust that covers it in the form of sin. Satan’s rule over them is eradicated and the throne of Allah Almighty then reigns over their hearts. Then, such people are strengthened by the Holy Spirit and receive the bounty of God Almighty. I give you glad-tidings and proclaim that whosoever among you transforms themselves from within is from among the saints. If a human being takes even one step towards God, the grace of Allah the Exalted races towards them and supports them. It is true and I also inform you that an individual cannot attain the knowledge comprised within the Quran through cunning. Intellectual abil- ity and mental progress on their own cannot attract the knowledge of the Quran. The actual means is righteousness. God is the teacher of a righteous person. This is why the Prophets are often uneducated in secular fields of study. This is why our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was sent as an unlettered man. Despite the fact that he was not educated in any school nor taught by any teacher, he still presented insights and verities that have stunned and astonished experts in the worldly sciences. A holy and perfect book like the Holy Quran was made to flow from his lips, which silenced the whole of Arabia through its literary eloquence and articulacy. What was the underlying quality in the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, such that he outstripped all others in knowledge? It was righteousness. What could be greater proof of the pure life of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, than the fact that he brought a book like the Holy Quran, which has astounded the world with the knowledge that it contains. The fact that the Holy Prophet sa was unlettered is an example and an argument to show that righteousness is required for the acqui- sition of Quranic and heavenly knowledge, rather than worldly guile. The Purpose of the Recitation of the Holy Quran Therefore, the actual purpose and objective of the Holy Quran is to teach the world righteousness, so that it receives guidance. In the following verse, Allah the Exalted has alluded to three stages of righteousness: