Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 234
234 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad God! Why hast thou forsaken me?’ Now who would look at this regretful state and say that he was commissioned by Allah? The image of Christ in his final state as put forth by the Christian priests consistently is one which causes utter despair. These people make such tall claims that may heaven preserve us, yet Christ did not really achieve anything. Over the span of his entire life all he managed to do was to prepare a community of 120 people, and even these people were so foolish and ignorant that they could not even understand matters relating to the kingdom of God. Then, his greatest disciple, about whom Christ had declared that whatever you do on earth shall be done in heaven and in whose hand were the keys of the kingdom of heaven, was the first to curse Christ. Then, the man whom Christ had appointed as his treasurer and keeper, and in whom he took great pride, had him arrested for thirty pieces of silver. Now in such a state of af- fairs, who can say that the Messiah truly did justice to his divine appointment? In contrast, the work of our Noble Prophet sa is of such standard that first he announced that he had come with a task at hand, and then he did not leave this world until he had finally heard the words: 1 ْ اَلْيَوْمَ اَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِيْنَكُم This day have I perfected your religion for you. The Holy Prophet sa claimed: 2 اِنِّيْ رَسُوْلُ اهللِ اِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيْعًا Truly I am a Messenger to you all. Now in view of this claim, it was necessary for the Holy Prophet sa to be opposed with all the schemes and conspiracies of the world. Just observe the resolve and courage with which the Holy Prophet sa proclaimed: 3 فَكِيْدُوْنِيْ جَمِيْعًا In other words, leave no stone unturned, employ all the deceit and artifices that you can, hatch conspiracies to kill me, plot schemes to expel me or imprison me, but remember: 4 َ سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ يُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُر , the final victory will be mine. All of your plans will be turned to dust. All your hosts will be scattered and dispersed; they 1 al-Ma’idah, 5:4 2 al-A’raf, 7:159 3 Hud , 11:56 4 al-Qamar , 54:46