Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 68
68 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad اِنِّـيْ رَسُوْلُ اهللِ اِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيْعًا Truly I am a Messenger to you all from Allah. Without the special support of the Holy Spirit one cannot make such a state- ment. The Messenger of Allah possessed all those faculties and strengths which make a person ‘the most praiseworthy,’ so that matters of potentiality could be brought into the realm of actuality. It is for this reason that he claimed: اِنِّـيْ رَسُوْلُ اهللِ اِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيْعًا Truly I am a Messenger to you all from Allah. The difficulties in dealing with just one nation give rise to countless challenges. In fact, if a person is forced to put up with even one servant who is wicked in nature, it becomes difficult to put him right. Ultimately, the master becomes so frustrated and helpless that he will dismiss such a worker. But how worthy of praise would such a one be who instead, reforms that servant; and what a cham- pion then is the one who reforms his entire nation, though this too is not entirely exceptional. Now, just reflect on how excellent and sublime the faculties of such an individual would be who was sent to reform the diverse nations of the world. It is no small achievement to gather under one teaching people of varying dispo- sitions and ages, belonging to different countries, and who subscribe to a wide array of ideologies and possess differing faculties; and then to train and mould all these people as well. Then, this instruction was no worldly training, rather it was spiritual in nature, and its purpose was to nurture divine cognisance and to fully enlighten people of the deepest and most subtle mysteries of divine insight; further, the objective was not simply to impart a teaching, but also to mould humanity to act upon this teaching as well—this is no small task. People will come together for worldly objectives because they are motivated by personal gain and materialistic greed. However, someone ought to tell me, how could one join a person merely for the sake of Allah at a time when the entire world is igno- rant of His glorious name; and in circumstances when proclaiming belief in Him would mean to take upon oneself all the afflictions of the world? This is only possible when the person who invites the people to Allah possesses a magnificent power of attraction, which draws in the hearts of people uncontrollably, so that all of the trials and tribulations associated with this evoke a sense of pleasure and p. 61