Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 142
142 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad An Address by the Promised Messiah as Delivered on 31 March 1901 The Eternal Law of God in Relation to the Advent of Messengers The Promised Messiah as said: “All of the gentlemen here should hear that since this entire endeavour is for the sake of God alone, in this era of ignorance, God wishes to fully clinch His argument against the people, as has always been the case with the advent of Prophets, peace be upon them. When God Almighty observes that darkness has spread on earth, He takes it upon Himself to advise the people and complete His argument against the people, as per divine law. For this reason, when the circumstances change, when people become distant from God and when understanding falls weak, God Almighty raises a servant of His, so that he may advise those who are plunged in heedlessness. This is one of the most significant signs, which establish that a Prophet is divinely appointed, in that they do not come in an era where there is no need for their appearance; in fact, all of humanity’s needs at the time in which they appear bear testimony in their favour. So, too, was the case in the era of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The state of mankind was corrupted both in doctrine and action. And this was not only the case in Arabia, in fact, the whole world had deteriorated, as Allah the Exalted stated in the following words: 1 ِ الْبَرِّ وَ الْبَحْر ظَهَرَ الْـفَسَادُ فِـي Corruption has appeared on land and sea. At that time of great disorder, God Almighty commissioned and raised a holy servant, who brought about a wondrous transformation in a small period of time. Instead of worshipping God’s creation, people began to worship God Himself. Instead of immoral actions, we began to see the prevalence of righteous deeds. Similarly, in this era also, the state of the people in terms of deed and doctrine has become corrupted; their internal and external state has deteriorated to a danger- ous extreme. Their internal state has degenerated to such an extent that while they recite the Quran, they have no idea what they are reciting; their doctrines also contradict the Book of Allah and so do their actions. The Muslim clerics recite the Quran and so do the common people, but neither parties reflect over 1 ar-Rum , 30:42 p. 127