The Ocean of Light — Page 93
93 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS “Where are you running to while you still owe this much in tribute?” They cry and wish that death could bring an end to their life. But the rulers do not give ear to any of their supplications, no matter how much they grovel. This is the life of their subjects, while they themselves sit happily on thrones. They drink and dance and frolic with young wenches. They commit adultery at night and perpetrate injustice during the day. And if anyone from the calamity stricken people comes to them, they abuse him and shove him away. And when the stories of these tribulations are related before them with due respect, they turn away mutely and do not even answer. They do not give heed to any of their statements, nor care for their beseeching and the calamities that have befallen them. Thus, injustice is continuing to grow, and people are being hunted down. So much so that the populace is being wiped out and cities lie in ruins. And these are the people who claim that they are the monarchs of the Muslims;