Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 64
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 9 64 The Present Condition of the World Calls for the Need of an Imam I have already stated why this [Ahmadiyya] Movement has been established in the Punjab. The time of the Sikhs was like the time of the Quraish in Makkah before the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Even to this date, when fifty to sixty years have already passed since their era, their condition is still more barbaric than that of the Hindus. In short, human character had deteriorated and people were close to living a life akin to animals. Only the tail was lacking. Among the Muslims the condition of some had sunk so low that they had donned the kach [an undergarment for the lower body worn by Sikhs] and had become Sikhs. Therefore, this land had the right for God Almighty to establish this Jam a ‘at here, as the land that has greater ignorance also has the right that it should be reformed. This is the very reason that Arabia held the greatest right of all during the time of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, because their condition had deteriorated to the extent that its parallel could not be found anywhere else. Their condition was so beastly that one is embarrassed even mentioning it. They had become totally unrestrained. They were gamblers, they were drunkards, they usurped the wealth of orphans, they committed adultery audaciously and in an unbridled manner. In short, they were audacious in treachery, dishonesty, all kinds of evil and iniquity, and sinfulness. It was necessary, therefore, that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, should have come in that place where neither the rights of Allah were cared for, nor was any regard shown for the rights of the people. As I had said yesterday that the Holy Quran mentions