Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 104
104 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ِ اہلل ُ مُحَمَّد ٌ رَسُوْل ُ اہلل َ ّ ٓ اِلٰہ َ اِل َ ل There is none worthy of worship except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. The secret in this is that the negation of false gods and the affirmation of divine unity was soon to be manifested in a majestic and awe-inspiring manner. The Arabs were not ones to be easily corrected, therefore, the majesty of Muhammad sa was manifested. The Arabs were not ones who could be moulded by the nature of beauty, which was characteristic of the name Ahmad. Some 124,000 prophets appeared in this manner of beauty, but they could not attain the success which Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, attained. This was to indicate that divine unity would be propagated in a majestic manner. Allah was always best accompanied by Muhammad, because Allah is the Greatest Name ( ism-e-azam ) and it is a name distinguished by majesty. I possess arguments in this respect. In the whole of the Holy Quran it is the name Allah that is described by all other praiseworthy attributes. Allah the Exalted states: ي ُ الْحُسْنٰ ء ٓ لَهُ الْاَسْمَا His are the most beautiful names. This refers to all those names and attributes that are mentioned in the Holy Quran. It is Allah, the Greatest Name, to which homage is paid by all these attrib- utes. In short, it was most befitting that the Greatest Name of God be manifested through the name Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. One who clings to obstinacy, even now, is devoid of faith. ” 1 12 February 1901 A request for prayer was submitted to the Promised Messiah as for someone who was facing a trial. The Promised Messiah as said: “Prayers are offered, but on vari- ous occasions, Allah the Exalted has reserved for an individual some other boun- ty, and it does not seem likely that a certain prayer will be accepted according to the words in which it is apparently expressed. This is a trial, especially for those who are apparently righteous, because sometimes a person will feel that since they are righteous, why have they been subjected to trial?” 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 5, dated 10 February 1901, p. 4 p. 91