Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 271
27 December 1905 271 Now, someone should ask those who do not understand the need for this [Ahmadiyya] Movement whether this was the religion that the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, had brought. Allah the Exalted had said that lying is an abomination, so avoid it: 1 اوُبِنَتْجاَف َسْجِّرلا َنِم ِناَثْوَاْلا َو اْوُبِنَتْجا َلْوَق ِرْوُّزلا اوُبِنَتْجاَف َسْجِّرلا َنِم ِناَثْوَاْلا َو اْوُبِنَتْجا َلْوَق ِرْوُّزلا God had equated lying with idol worship; just as a foolish man abandons Allah the Exalted in order to bow his head before an idol, in the same way, abandoning truth and honesty, a person makes an idol out of falsehood to achieve his purpose. This is why Allah the Exalted joined lying with idolatry and likened it to the case of an idolater seeking salvation from an idol. A liar also carves out an idol for himself and imagines that he will attain salvation through this idol. What wickedness has taken root? If it is said, why are you becoming idolaters, give up this abomination, they reply, ‘How can we give it up? We cannot live without it. ’ What could be a greater misfortune than believing that their life depends on falsehood? Nevertheless, I assure you that truth alone triumphs in the end. Virtue and victory belong to it. The Blessing of Truthfulness I remember once I dispatched an article to Amritsar. There was also a letter enclosed with it. It was about Rallia R a m’s Vak i l- e-Hind newspaper. A case was filed against me stating that 1. Shun therefore the abomination of idols, and shun false speech ( S u rah al- H ajj , 22:31). [Publisher]