Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 84
84 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad awaited era but failed to recognise it. Those who stood on pulpits and tearfully proclaimed that this prophecy would be fulfilled in the fourteenth century have died, and now those remain who stand on pulpits and announce that the one who has appeared is a liar! What has happened to these people? Why do they not see and why do they not reflect? Even in the previous era, it was at Badr that Allah the Exalted bestowed His support, and that divine support was for a people who were referred to as adhillah (weak). It was at a time when only 313 people entered the field of battle with a few wooden swords. Most of those 313 were small chil- dren. What could be a greater state of weakness? On the opposing end was a large and elite force of experienced and powerful warriors. In terms of materialistic equipment, the Holy Prophet sa had nothing. In the face of these circumstances, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, prayed: َرْض ِ اَبَدًا ْ اَللّٰھُم َّ اِن ْ اَھْلَکْت َ ھٰذِہ ِ الْعِصَابَۃ َ لَن ْ تُعْبَد َ فِی ال Meaning, O Allah! If, today, you allow this community to perish, there will remain no one to worship You. The Present Era Is like the Time of Badr Hearken! I proclaim with certainty that even in this age we are faced with a state of affairs that are akin to the time of Badr. In the same way, Allah the Exalted is preparing a community, and the very same words, badr and adhillah (the weak), have been used in connection with them. Is it not false to state that Islam has suffered no weakness and disgrace? It possesses no stature in terms of worldly sovereignty either. Even when Europe confronts them, they flee and have no strength whatsoever to raise their heads. What is the state in this country? Are the Muslims not suffering humiliation and weakness here? Even the Hindus are greater in power than the Muslims. Is there only one form of indignity in which the Muslims are greater than others? You will find Muslims in all of the low- est professions. Muslims are at the forefront in begging. If one visits the jails, one will find that among the imprisoned, criminals who are Muslim outnumber people of other Faiths. If one visits the taverns, one will find them abundantly full of Muslims. Even now Muslims suggest that they have not been disgraced? Filthy and abusive books, which number in the tens of millions, have been writ- ten against Islam. Mughals and Syeds from among our people and others belong- ing to noble families have converted to Christianity and then they actively attack p. 74