Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 314
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 314 diamonds, he can pay the money. Accordingly, the stones were sent to a jeweller in Madras to identify them and assess their actual worth. The reply came from there that these are mere stones and not diamonds. And in this way, Seth Sahib was saved from this deception. In short, the point is that just as there are decep- tions in worldly affairs, in the same way there are the decep- tions of the ascetics and scholars who create different types of obstacles in opposition to this [Ahmadiyya] Movement. Many people who are simple at heart and do not have full knowl- edge of this Movement are deceived and become friends of iniquity. It is only by the grace of God Almighty that human beings can become capable of recognizing spiritual treasures. Unfortunately, there are very few people who can recognize these treasures. Make Use of Striving and Prayer In any case, my point with this is that just avoiding evil is not an excellence of any sort. Therefore, our Jam a ‘at should not be satisfied merely with this. No, on the contrary, they should strive to achieve both excellences for which they should make use of efforts and prayer. That is to say, avoid evil and do virtu- ous deeds. Our community should not take God for a simple- ton that He will be deceived. The person who, being of a base disposition, wants to cheat God Almighty and tries to deceive Him under the cloak of goodness and righteousness, should remember that God Almighty will humiliate him even more. 1 ْيِف ْمِهِبْوُلُق ٌضَرَّم ُمُهَداَزَف ُهّٰللا اًضَرَم ْيِف ْمِهِبْوُلُق ٌضَرَّم ُمُهَداَزَف ُهّٰللا اًضَرَم has been said for these very people. 1. In their hearts was a disease, and Allah has increased their disease to them ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:11). [Publisher]