Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 268
268 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad contemplate with pure intentions and a free mind, and supplicate before God Almighty in their Prayers for God to reveal the truth upon them. It is my belief that if a person turns to God Almighty for the truth to be disclosed to them, free of prejudice and obstinacy, forty days will not have passed before the truth is revealed to them. There are very few, however, who seek a verdict from God in accordance with these conditions. Instead, due to their own lack of understand- ing, obstinacy and prejudice, they will reject a saint from God and thus lose their faith. For when a person does not believe in a saint—and a saint serves as a stake which pins the institution of prophethood, as it were—they are compelled to reject prophethood as well. The denial of a Prophet then leads to the denial of God, and in this manner a person loses their faith completely. The Need for a Reformer In the present era it is imperative for one to reflect deeply over whether the Christian faith holds true to the words: 1 َ َّنْسِلُوْن ی ٍ مِنْ كُلِّ حَدَب They shall hasten forth from every height. One ought to contemplate as to whether or not it is a trial leading astray hundreds of thousands of people. Has Christianity not adopted various methods to fuel its propagation? The time has now come to answer the question as to the name that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, has given to the one who would come to set right this disorder. The force of the cross is growing day by day, and new cantonments are being established everywhere. New missions are being established and they continue to spread in far off countries in all cor- ners of the world. Hence, if there was no other proof or argument, even then, we would have to naturally accept that the present age is in need of a Reformer who would extinguish the fire of this corruption. However, gratitude is due to God that He has not only addressed those of our requirements which we perceive and observe to be a need. As a matter of fact, in order to manifest the greatness and honour of His Messenger, He vouchsafed in the ages gone by many prophecies for this era, which clearly demonstrate that a man would come in this era who would be named the Promised Messiah and his task would be to break the cross. 1 al-Anbiya, 21:97 p. 245