Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 76
76 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 ْ ُم ُكُ ٰى ْق ْ َت َ ا ِ ُهلل َ ا ْد ِْعِْن ْ ُم َرََمَُكُ َْكْـ ا َ َن ِ ا Verily, the most honourable among you, in the sight of Allah, is he who is the most righteous among you. Now, I have no need to praise the Turks without reason, nor anyone else for that matter, but I cannot hold back from expressing the truth and reality either. Islam has gained great strength through the Turks. To say that they were once disbe - lievers is an unjustified taunt. Some were disbelievers 200 years ago, while others were disbelievers 400 years ago—what sort of an objection is this. After all, even those who are called Syeds today, have none of their forefathers ever in the past been disbelievers? So such allegations are unwise. When the Mughals arrived in India they built mosques and established them - selves. It is said: ْ ُم ِ ُھ ِ َک ُْوْ ٰل ُ ِم ِ ْن ِْیْ َد ْی َٰلٰ ْع ُسُ ْا َ � َلْن َاَ The people follow the way of their kings. Due to this fact, Islam began to spread. Even today, God has kept the Two Holy Sites under the protection of the Turks. Upon reflection, it becomes clear that God Almighty has supported two groups of people: the Turks and the Syeds. The Turks proved worthy of temporal rule and sovereignty, while the Syeds were deemed the source of spiritual leadership. The Sufis have also declared that the Syeds are the fountainhead of spiritual leadership and grace, and I have found this to be true in my visions also. The Turks were given worldly dominance. ” His Holiness as was speaking on this subject when a European man came inside. He took off his hat and came towards the front of the gathering and what fol - lowed is presented below. A Discussion with a European Traveller European: Assalamu Alaykum (peace be upon you). When the man said Assalamu Alaykum those seated in the gathering thought different things. Some thought he was a Turk, others thought he was a newly converted Muslim. Perhaps only a minute had passed since his arrival when Khan Sahib Nawab Khan Sahib, the sub-collector of revenue from Gujrat, inquired: 1 al-Hujurat , 49:14 p. 348