Malfuzat - Volume IX — Page 10
IO MALFŪZĀT - ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF URDU VOLUME 9 God's Being There is an Existence behind a curtain that manifests its Being to the world through calamitous Signs so that the world may know and it be proven that He exists. A wise person recognizes Him through His Signs. Islam and Other Religions The Promised Messiahas said: What is [the substance of] the Christian faith that has made a mere mortal into God? The overwhelming majority of Christians in India are of the kind that if their stipend were stopped today, they would abandon Christianity and imme- diately distance themselves from it. On the other side are the Aryas. In their view, sins can never be forgiven-go on forever being reincarnated as pigs, dogs, and cats. The Christians put in place a repentance of a nature that utterly destroyed human morality: Fornicate! Steal! Cheat! Lie! Christ's atonement will be more than enough [to pay the penalty of your sins]! Go ahead-you're acquitted. The Aryas say that when an individual has committed a sin, it can never be forgiven despite a thousand regrets and remorse. An ordinary master can forgive his servant, but the word 'for- giveness' is nowhere to be found in God's vocabulary. Islam has shown the right and true path between these two that when a person exhibits a heartfelt remorse and inclines towards their Lord, then gradually God Almighty grants them opportunities to carry out virtues. A love that inciner- ates sins displays its effects in their dealings. Every particle is