So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 165
GOD IS THE PROTECTOR I very strongly believe that God does not let the right- eous servant of His go waste. If such a person is thrown into the fire as was done to Hazrat Ibrahim (Abraham) the fire cannot burn him; I believe that not only one fire, even if there be a thousand fires they cannot burn him. If a truthful person is thrown into it, he will definitely be saved. If the opponents of the Task that has been assigned to me throw me into the fire, I am full of certainty that the fire will not be able to burn me: if I am thrown into the cage of lions, they will not be able to devour me. I tell you with confidence that our God is not the God who should not be able to help His truthful servant; rather our God is that powerful God who creates a distinction between His servants and their opponents. Had that not been the case, prayer would have been something meaningless. I tell you the truth that whatever I say about God, His powers are tens of millions of times more than that. (Malfoozat Vol. III, p. 290) NO COMPULSION IN RELIGION Whatever God does, He does it for the education and training of the people. Since the period of greatness and gran- deur is usually long and this period for Islam extended over many centuries during which many victories were won even in far off lands, some of the unwise people have accused Islam of having been spread at the point of the S. . Vord, wh~reas Islam teaches La ikraha fiddin (there is no compulsion in the matters of religion) 165