Star of the Empress — Page 12
12 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD engage in war, nor shall he raise the sword. On the contrary, he will possess the essence and character of ‘ I s a [ Jesus], on whom be peace, in every respect. He shall be so imbued with his nature that it shall be as if he is exactly the like of him. These two faults are found in the present-day Muslims due to which most of them hold rancour against other nations. However, God has sent me so that I may remove these faults. The title of Q adi or H akam , which has been conferred upon me, is so that I may issue a verdict in this regard. In comparison to them, an error prevalent amongst the Christians as well is that, God forbid, they hold the word ‘ curse’ to be applicable to someone as holy and revered as the Messiah, who has been called “Light” in the Holy Gospel. They do not understand that la‘n [cursing] and la‘nat [curse] is a cognate word in Hebrew and Arabic. It signifies that the heart of the cursed person being utterly rebellious, distant and separate from God becomes as defiled and impure as the body is spoiled and ruined with leprosy. Experts in Arabic and Hebrew concur that one can only be called mal‘ u n or la‘nt i [i. e. , accursed] in the case when one’s heart severs all ties of love, understanding and obedience to God, and becomes so subservient to Satan as if to become the progeny of Satan. God becomes displeased with him and he becomes weary of God; God becomes his enemy and he becomes an enemy of God; this is why la‘ i n [i. e. , accursed] is a term used for Satan. Therefore, to suggest such a name for the Messiah, on whom be peace, and to forge similarity between his pure and luminous heart, and God forbid, the dark heart of Satan; to assume about one, who according to them [i. e. , the Christians], is from God and is an embodiment