The Shining Lamp — Page 34
34 The critics’ contention that this is no longer an era for such prophecies, is a common expression frequently uttered by people. I, however, believe that this is the age for the acceptance of the immutable and perfect truths and verities, and there has proba- bly never been such an age. It is true that no fraud or deceit can remain hidden in this age, but this is all the more pleasing for the righteous, because only a person who knows how to differentiate between truth and falsehood can truly appreciate the truth and embrace it with joy and eagerness. There is such attraction in the truth that it draws people towards itself. Evidently, people of this era are accepting hundreds of new facts which their forefathers did not accept. If the people of the age are not thirsty for truth, then what is the reason for the beginning of such a wonderful revolution in it? The present age is undoubtedly a friend—not foe—of the truth. To say that this is the age of intellectuals and long gone are the days of the simple-minded, is—in other words—a condemnation of the age: as if this is such an evil period of time which, encoun- tering the truth that is actually the truth, still fails to accept it. But I will never accept that this is factually the case because I see that most of those who are turning to me and are benefiting from me are indeed those very people who are newly educated—some of whom have attained BA and MA degrees—and I also see that this group of newly educated people eagerly accept and embrace truth. And this is not the end of it, but rather, a group of educated Eurasian British people, who are residing in the area of Madras and have recently embraced Islam, have entered into my Jam a ‘at and believe in all truths.