Truth Prevails — Page 68
( 68 ) the eyes of the Lord, the case has not yet come to be duly and fully stated, and the man is a mokazzib , or munkir , though the Sharia , based as it is on the exterior, also would pronounce that he is a kafir ; and we too shall hold he is a kafir. But in the eyes of the Lord, under His law that He does not burden anyone beyond capacity, the man in question will not be held culpable. All the same, it would not be for us to issue a decree for his release and salvation. His would be a matter strictly between himself and his Maker, wherein we have no standing, whatsoever. ” ( Haqiqatul Wahyi , pages 179-180) Thus, our friends of the Lahore Section, do not appear entitled to be called sincere Ahmadis, unless they subscribe to the truth of this belief, as sifted out above. Here I would also take the liberty to put before them another passage from the pen of Maulvi Mohammad Ali, published in The Review of Religions: “Our final reply to this question, whether we are Believers or not, is that we can claim to be Believers only when, on the basis of heavenly Signs, we have witnessed at the hands of him whom He has been pleased to appoint for the purpose these days, we hold firmly to our conviction in regard to His existence. If that is not our position, what we call our faith, is nothing more than a foolish boast, with no reality in it, anywhere. ” (Review of Religions, Vol. III, No. 11, page 409) These heavenly Signs comprise the Nabuwwat of the Promised Messiah, the substance of his mission, of which the acceptance is altogether binding on all of us.