Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 97
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 97 Mas ih was about 1,400 years and now, too, it is the fourteenth century after our Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. And the ummah of Hadrat M u s a had become so corrupt by its fourteenth century that piety and honesty had disappeared completely, and Jewish scholars were engaged in unnecessary controversies and vain disputes. Disobedience and depravity had spread among them, and their worldly status had also fallen considerably. The same is the condition of the [Muslim] ummah in this age. The current state of affairs we see today clearly bear witness that this ummah and its ulema have, in fact, followed in the footsteps of the Jews who lived in the time of Hadrat Mas ih , peace be upon him. Not only do they resemble the Jews in becoming devoid of honesty, piety, spirituality, and the capac - ity to recognize the truth, but in their worldly decline, too, their condition has become the same as it was in that age. Just as the Roman emperors had destroyed the Jewish states, exemplifying the verse, 1 ْتَبِرُض ُمِهْيَلَع ُةَّلِّذلا َو ُةَنَكْسَمْلا The Jews, finding themselves weak and helpless, were awaiting a Messiah who would come as a king and fight the Romans with the sword, as was promised at the end of the Torah, in the same way, the Muslims of today, mostly and overwhelmingly, can be seen in a state of decline. If there are any Muslim states left, they are so weak - ened by internal discord, corruption of the ministers and officials, 1. And they were smitten with abasement and destitution ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:62). [Publisher]