Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 393
2 May 1908 393 spoken to him. Even fabricating a dream is included in this. So, one is the issue of forging a lie against God while God Almighty knows quite well that the person is a liar. The second person who is subjected to the severe wrath and chastisement of God is the one who rejects a truthful person who has come from God. In any case, what I mean to say is that this has always been the norm. And in this age, God Almighty has demonstrated it by establishing a prophetic Movement. People should at least derive some benefit from it, and whereas they take on such headaches and work so hard, striving for their worldly pursuits, it behoves them to at least do some investigation to determine whether this person—who ascribes his enterprise to God and makes such a momentous claim—is, in fact, truthful or a liar. Then, God says that if someone disobeys His Messenger, He will not leave him until he is made to answer for his rejec- tion. Even ordinary rulers and governments do not leave those who rebel and violate their ordinances without due punish- ment; then, how can he who disobeys a Messenger of God and violates His commandments remain safe when God is the Most Just of judges and has absolute control over every particle? The Truth of the Promised Messiah, Peace be upon Him If I did not have any Signs of God with me and was not accom- panied by the help and support from Him; or if I had carved out a path distinct from that of the Holy Quran, or if I had intruded into or modified the Quranic commandments and Shariah or had abrogated it; or if I had advocated a new path besides that of following the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him; then it would have been justified and the objection of the people would have been reasonable and worthy of being accepted that this person is, in reality, an enemy of God and the