Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 195
26 December 1905 195 Reasons for Opposition to the Jam a ‘at This is the condition internally [as I have just described], and the external enemies and opponents harbour such extreme hos- tility and enmity toward my sect and revile me and my Jam a ‘at to such a degree that it appears as if they have a personal grudge against us. This extreme of hostility does not exist against any other sect. The massive stone weighing down upon the chest of the Christian pastors is this very sect. In the eyes of the Aryas, we are perceived as their single greatest threat. What is the rea- son for this? There appear to be two reasons for this. First, these people are well aware that we are the only ones who can decisively counter the path of disbelief and the oppo- nents. There is no trace of hypocrisy in us, and the truth is that a person who preaches for the sake of Allah the Exalted—having come from Him—has no hypocrisy at all. Therefore, since we do not agree with everything they say, do not shy away from proclaiming the truth, and we are not intimidated by them, we naturally appear bad to them and are a cause of concern for them. The second reason is that a person’s actions inevitably affect the hearts of others, and this is not just true for humans but even for animals. For example, a sheep may have never seen a wolf in its whole life, and a wolf may have never seen a sheep, but when they meet, their hearts will certainly be impacted by the interaction that can develop between them. In the same way, our adversaries instinctively know that their false beliefs will be eradicated through this sect, so they are naturally our enemies. It is actually quite true that the one who descends from the heavens has an impact on everyone. The sinful and rebellious, as well as those good-natured peo- ple with virtuous dispositions, feel this impact. Since his aim is to reform every evil, the supporters of those evils naturally