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10 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad p. 1 However, an individual who probes into the being of God without any limits demonstrates a lack of modesty. What have the people of the Wujudi sect achieved? 1 What have they discov - ered that we did not know already? How have they benefited humanity at large? One will have to respond in the negative to all these things. If one is not stubborn and obstinate, they would realise that God instructs one to follow a course of love and obedience. As such, the Holy Quran itself states: 2 ِ ٗه ٰـ ُل ِ ْلـ ًا ْب ُ ُحُـ ْد ََشَ ا ۤا ْوْ ُ ْن َٰاَم َ ُن ْ ُي ِ ِّذ َ ْل َوَ ا But those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah. It further states: 3 ْ ُم ُكُ َ ء ْ ٰاَبَٓا ُم ُِكُ َر ْ ُك ِ ِّذ َ ُك َ ُهلل ا ا َو ُ َر ْذُْكُ َفَا Celebrate the praises of Allah as you celebrated the praises of your fathers. Now, do we ever observe that when a son becomes absorbed completely in the love of his father, he becomes the father himself ? A son can indeed become absorbed in love for his father, but he cannot actually become his own father. It ought to be borne in mind that annihilation of perception ( fana-e-nadhari) is indeed a phenomenon which springs from love, but such a form of annihila - tion ( fana) which in actuality is nothing more than pretence, suggesting that a new entity has come into existence, where a person says that they have actually become someone else, is not right. Those who possess righteousness and respect are characterised by the verse: 1 Note: Put achieving anything to one side. Quite the contrary, these people have only fallen into ruin. How wonderful would it have been if instead of believing in the ‘oneness of being’, the Wujudis had adopted the concept of the ‘plurality of being. ’ Instead of attempting to become God, it would have been better for them to strive to become a Messiah. In this way, the grave form of polytheism that is becoming rampant throughout the world could have been dispelled to some extent. Among the 400 million people who, day and night, proclaim: ‘Our Lord, the Messiah,’ someone would have realised that throughout the ages there have been many a Messiah, there are now and there will be more to come. In order to break this grand form of association of partners with God, the Holy Quran has opened the door for people to become the Messiah son of Mary, as it were. As such, the verses towards the end of Surah Tahrim state with the greatest clarity that in the era of past there was one Messiah, but as for the followers of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, each and every believer can become the Messiah son of Mary. 2 al-Baqarah, 2:166 3 al-Baqarah, 2:102 p. 286