Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 128
128 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad determined after this initial passion and desire, and who realises that they must remain faithful to their last breath, is most fortunate indeed. An individual, who after a few attempts fails to remain determined and then gives up completely in their quest, is left with nothing in their hands except for their own constant ten- dency to claim that they have come across many loquacious individuals who are nothing more than profiteers, and not a single one of them was true and godly. So, this is my advice. I am not aware of the state of those people who come to visit me and who express that they have come here for the sake of God and that they would like to seek God. I cannot know the intention of such people. But what I can say is that anyone who advances in search of Allah Almighty must first rectify their belief before anything else. Such an individual ought to determine for themselves which God they wish to seek. Does the person seek that True God who is the Creator and Master of the universe, and the possessor of all perfect attributes and free from every ill and defect? Or is the individual in question searching for a god who is the child of a woman, or perhaps other similar gods who are weak and powerless, and number 330 million? For if the actual beloved and objective to be sought is on the coast, what use is there to dive into the sea in search of it? I will elaborate by providing an example. For instance, the Christians say that the Messiah son of Mary, who was born from the womb of a woman in the same manner that all human beings are born, and who ate and drank and defecated and urinated like other human beings, was God. Now, it is possible for an individual to love such a person, but the human intellect can never suggest that such a weak and powerless human being is God, nor can one accept that gods are born from the wombs of women. Now, as for the person whose very first step has landed on falsehood, how can it be expected that their next step will lead to the path of truth? Those rays which shine on the heart when one believes in a Living God, Who is the possessor of perfect attributes, can never be received by those who worship images of a mortal being that is weak and powerless! As the saying goes: ٗ مَذْھَب َ لَہ َ اَلطَّالِب ُ ل A seeker has no opinion. A seeker must forgo all of his prejudice and preconceived beliefs, and then set out in search of doctrines that are founded on truth. Positive progress can only