Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 236
236 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Success of Followers Is Actually the Success of Their Master All of these miracles and successes which took place after the demise of the Mes- senger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, through his follow- ers, and through Reformers, and which shall be attained until the Day of Resur- rection, are actually the success of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. In short, the coming of a Reformer (Mujaddid) at the head of every century clearly demonstrates that seeking help from the dead is contrary to the will of God Almighty. If help was to be sought from the dead, what need would there have been for the advent of the living? What significance would there have been in the many thousands of saints that have been born? Why would the institution of Reformers have been instituted by God? If Islam was to be handed over to the dead, then know for certain that all traces of it would have vanished already. The religion of the Jews was entrusted to the dead. What was the result? Do tell me, what did the Christians gain by worshipping the dead? They went on worshipping the dead until they themselves became dead. Neither has the spirit of life remained in their religion, nor do the followers of their reli- gion possess any signs of life. From beginning to end, these people have become a horde of the dead. The Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God of Islam Islam is a living Faith. The God of Islam is a Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God. Why then would He love those who are dead? Time and again, that Self- Subsisting and All-Sustaining God gives a new life to the dead. 1 يُحْيِ الْاَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا Allah is now quickening the earth after its death. Now does God do so by clinging to the dead? Nay, not at all. This Self-Subsisting and All-Sustaining God has taken it upon Himself to safeguard Islam and so He states: 2 َ لَهٗ لَحٰـفِظُوْن اِنَّا We will be its Guardian. 1 al-Hadid , 57:18 2 al-Hijr, 15:10