Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 262
262 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad sincerity. With the succour of God Almighty, I am protecting my people from the attacks of Gog and Magog. At this time, Allah the Exalted is preparing you. It is your duty to sincerely repent, and to please God with your truthfulness and loyalty, so that your sun does not set, so that you do not approach the pool of darkness, so that you are not counted among those who derived no benefit from the sun. So derive the fullest of benefit, drink from the fountain of purity so that God may have mercy on you. An Unfortunate Person Unfortunate is the person who believes in the promises of God Almighty but then fails to wait for their fulfilment with loyalty and patience, and who consid - ers the promises of Satan to be certain. So never lose heart, do not become wor - ried in difficult and challenging times. In the matter of provision, God Almighty states Himself: 1 ََْن َو ُ ْد َ ِع ُْوْ َّت ْ َوَ َمَا ُم ُُْقُُك َز ِ ُر ِ ء ََمَٓا ْلْس ا ِـي َف َوَ And in heaven is your sustenance, and also that which you are promised. When a person abandons God, they become a slave of Satan. Once a person has witnessed the signs and wonders of God Almighty, a very great responsibility falls upon them. Is there anyone from among you who can say that they have not witnessed even one sign? There are some signs to which hundreds and thou - sands, nay, millions of people are a witness. Any person who does not value these signs and views them with contempt, wrongs their own soul. God Almighty will destroy this person before the enemy, because God is severe in punishment as well. A man who does not reform himself, does not only wrong his own soul, he wrongs his wife and children too. For when a man is destroyed himself, his wife and children also will perish and suffer misery. Allah the Exalted alludes to this point and says: َٰھَا ْب ُْقْ ِع ُ ٌف َا ْخ َ ُي َا ْل َوَ And He cared not for the consequences thereof. It is said in relation to men that: 1 adh-Dhariyat , 51:23 p. 526