The Ocean of Light — Page 137
137 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS the disbelievers during the Battle of the Trench, and they tear at him like beasts unless he presents some offering to them, or he retaliates by using force against force. These are a people who consume the weak with their tongues and flee from the strong like cowards. And if someone gathers his forces to counter them, showing them his quivers, arrows and strength, they flee and run away faster than donkeys; and that single person whom they attack is able to overpower entire hosts. To summarise, they assault the weak like a literal tempest, and their little snake is terrified of even looking at a panther. They show compassion only when they get bread and strips of meat. They glorify decomposed bones and deny the one who was appointed by God and resurrected the dead. Do they not know that this is the age of aiding religion and driving away the mischievous ones, for the sun of Islam has all but set? However, they have been hostile towards the truth just for the sake of the love of their friends and worldly pleasure, so they have given