The Descent of the Messiah — Page 89
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS word are hidden from your eyes. If the testimony of external events is anything to go by, you can yourself testify in good faith as to your condition in the present age. Say truthfully, do you fear sin and all that is contrary to piety as a person fears a deadly poison? Say truthfully, do you adhere to the piety that was taught in the Holy Quran? Say truthfully, do you possess the signs that result from true faith? Do not lie this time, but tell the truth: do you possess the love you should for God, as well as the sincerity and resolve you should in following His path? Swear by the Lord of Glory and Majesty if you have turned away from this dead world as completely as you should have done. Are you hasten- ing toward God with the same sincerity, devotion, and oneness of purpose with which one ought to run toward the One and Peerless God? Do not talk with hypocrisy, and do not seek to please people with your boastful claims. There indeed is a God Who watches over your every word and deed. When you speak, be mindful of the Almighty, whose wrath is a consuming fire that can devour all deceitful boasts in an instant. Say truthful- ly whether or not your steps are caught in the desires, honours, and riches of the world. If you had faith in God, you would never have partaken of this poison. The world would well nigh have died of this venom had God not established this heavenly Movement with His own hand. If you deceitfully say that we are exactly described, and there is no sin or darkness in us, and we are being driven by the engine of perfect conviction, then you have lied and have slandered the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and God's curse shall expose you before you die. Conviction is accompanied with its radiances. No one can lead you to heaven other than he who comes from heaven. Had you known that the fresh, convincing, and de- finitive word of God-which has come to you exactly at the head of the century-is the cure for your ailments, you would not have 89