Malfuzat - Volume VIII — Page 40
Malf uza t - English translation of Urdu Volume 8 40 have come to pick a fight. They are not concerned with seeking the truth. Words only penetrate the heart [i. e. be understood], when the heart is clean. The same is the case with medicine: unless the throat and stomach are clean, the medicine cannot have an effect; the medicine is vomited or remains undigested. Why the Name ‘Ahmadi’ has been Adopted A maulaw i came and asked, ‘God has named us Muslims, so why have you named your sect Ahmadi? This is contrary to: 1 َوُه ُمُكىّٰمَس َنْيِمِلْسُمْلا َوُه ُمُكىّٰمَس َنْيِمِلْسُمْلا [He named you Muslims]’. In response to this, the Promised Messiah as said: Islam is a very holy name, which is exactly the name mentioned in the Holy Quran. However, as mentioned in the noble a ha- d i th, 73 sects have developed in Islam, and each sect calls itself Muslim. Among these, there is a sect of R a fi di s 2 who abuse all the Companions except two or three men, they abuse the pure wives of the Noble Messenger s as and call the Auliy a ’ull a h [Friends of Allah] evil, yet they are still called Muslims. The Kharijites call Hadrat ‘Ali and Hadrat ‘Umar, may Allah be pleased with both of them, evil, yet they still ask to be called Muslims. There is a sect in Syria called the Yaz i diyya who hurl abuse upon Imam Husain and parade themselves as Muslims. Because of this dilemma, our righteous ancestors called themselves Sh a fi‘ i , H anbal i , etc. , to distinguish them- selves from such people. Nowadays, a sect of naturalists has emerged that altogether denies Heaven, Hell, angels, revelation, etc. , so much so that Syed Ahmad Khan believed that the Holy Quran is also the 1. S u rah al- H ajj, 22:79 [Publisher] 2. This refers to a group of Shia Muslims. [Publisher]