A Warning to Selfish Divines and Men of Barren Piety — Essence of Islam Vol. 4

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Introduction

In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 4), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon A Warning to Selfish Divines and Men of Barren Piety, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 5: Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama’at, and Instructions
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Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama‘at, and Instructions of your dire need. You were about to fall into the pit of ruin, but His Compassionate Hand has come to your rescue. Be grateful and jump with joy that the day of your revival has arrived. God Almighty would not permit the ruin of the garden of His faith, which was irrigated by the blood of the righteous. He does not desire that, like the religions of other people, Islam also should become a collection of ancient tales, which should exhibit no current blessing. He Himself provides light when the darkness is at its height. Do you not look for a new moon after the night of complete darkness? You comprehend fully the physical law of nature, but, alas, you are wholly unaware of the spiritual law which it resembles. Almighty? I tell you truly that it is easier for a nonbeliever to become a believer than it is for you to believe. Many will come from East and West who will partake of this bounty, but you will die in your condition of rust. I wish you would reflect.
[Izala-e-Auham, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 3, pp. 103-105]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 151]

Time of the Promised Messiahas Has not the time of the last calamity, which was destined for the latter days of Islam, arrived? Can anyone prove from the Holy Qur’an and Hadith that a time is yet to come which will bring greater trials than those that are current today? Brethren, do not wrong your souls and reflect well that the time has arrived when external and internal trials have reached their climax. If you would put all these trials and tribulations on one side of the scale, and for the other side of the scale you would search through the Holy Qur’an and the whole body of Ahadith, you would not find a thousandth part of the tribulations with which Islam is afflicted today. Which then is the time of a greater Dajjal and greater tribulations which is yet to come? Can you point to any tribulation which is mentioned in the Holy Qur’an and in the Ahadith and which is not to be encountered today? You might employ yourselves in this research to your last breaths, but you will not be able to show from the Holy Qur’an and the Ahadith that there will ever be a time of greater tribulations than those with which we are faced today.
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 152]

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