Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 50
50 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad put them to shame by saying: ‘You foolish person, when you have no knowledge in this field, how can you put forth a view on this subject?’ Similarly, those who say that God does not exist, what right do they have to give a view on this, when they have no knowledge of matters divine, and they have never made a struggle in this field. Indeed, they would have the right to make this assertion only if they had first made a positive effort to search for the truth and find God in the method taught by the godly. If after this, they were unable to find God, they would have been justified in saying that God does not exist. But when these people have made no effort or struggle on this path, they do not have the right to reject the existence of God. In short, God does exist, and the more one increases in their belief of Him, the more strength they receive and the more they are able to behold this immensely hidden Being, until finally, one is able to see Him openly and manifestly. Then, this strength grows day after day. It is this very objective that the world ought to seek, but in today’s world, these powers have become weak. The Progress of Islam Does Not Lie in Following the West This strength of faith that was brought by Islam has now become extremely weak. Generally, Muslims have also felt that they have lost strength. If this were not the case, why are gatherings and events being held so often, and why are new associations being formed so abundantly, which claim that they are working to advocate and support Islam. I am disappointed when I hear these people chant- ing slogans for the nation and singing songs promoting national progress in their gatherings. Someone ought to tell me, in earlier times, was our nation built by following in the footsteps of Europe? Did our people attain all of their successes by following in the footsteps of Western nations? If it is proven that indeed, this is how progress was attained in the past, then it would undoubtedly be a sin if we did not follow in the footsteps of the Europeans. But if this cannot be proven, and surely, it cannot, then how grave an injustice that the nation should follow a materialistic people, and abandon the principles of Islam and forsake the Quran, which transformed savages into humans, and then humans into godly people. Those who wish to see Islam in a better state, as a living Faith, by making the Western world their ideal, cannot succeed. Only those will succeed who follow the Holy Quran. p. 44