Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 78
78 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 ُ ُّـرَاد ی ٌ ء ْ لَشَي اِنَّ هٰذَا Meaning, this is mere fabrication. Now do tell us, is it the light of him who was named a fraud and a deceiver that shines in the world today or the light of some- one else? Abu Jahl is dead and has nothing but curses to his name. However, observe the lofty grandeur of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Day and night, rather, at every moment, people far and wide invoke salutations upon him and he commands a following of 990 million Muslims. If today Abu Jahl returned, he would be astonished to witness the same man whom he once saw walking the streets of Mecca alone and whom he subjected to every possible grief, with a community consisting of 990 million people; in fact, this very sight would be enough to kill him. This is proof of the truthfulness of the prophethood of the Holy Prophet sa. If Allah the Exalted had not been with him, the Holy Prophet sa could not have triumphed in such a manner. How numerous were the efforts and schemes that were employed against him out of enmity and opposition, but ultimately, all of these adversaries were frustrated and met with failure. In this state of affairs, at the very outset when there were only a handful of people with the Holy Prophet sa , who could imagine that he would attain such greatness in the world and that he would emerge safe and unscathed from all the conspiracies of his opponents to gain victory? But bear in mind that it is the cus- tom of Allah Almighty that the ultimate victory belongs to the servants of God. Conspiracies of murder, edicts of disbelief, and varying forms of injury can do them no harm. Allah the Exalted is true when He states: 2 َ نُوْرَ اهللِ بِاَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَ اهللُ مُتِمُّ نُوْرِهٖ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْكٰفِرُوْن ْدُوْنَ لِيُطْفِـُٔوْا ی ِ ُر ی Meaning, these evil disbelievers desire to extinguish the light of Allah with the breath of their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, even if the disbelievers dislike it. What exactly is the breath of their mouths ? It is when he who belongs to God is branded a cheat, labelled a deceiver, dubbed a disbeliever, called irreli- gious. Therefore, those who level such allegations desire to extinguish the light of Allah the Exalted, but they can never succeed. The armies of those who belong to Allah Almighty are in heaven; and so, the disbelievers and worldly people cannot see them. If they came to know of these hosts and if they were able to behold them even slightly, they would die of fear. 1 Sad, 38:7 2 as-Saff, 61:9 p. 69