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74 Barahin-e-ahmadiyya
when the occasion arises. Indeed, they do not know how to fulfil
them, nor do they care to learn. It is true that huge sums are spent
every year by our people in the name of goodness and charity; but,
sadly, few realize what true charity is. They spend blindly without
any care or appreciation of the circumstances. Having thus
emptied their pockets and exhausted their emotions, they fail to
move a muscle when a real need presents itself, and try to make
up for their former extravagances by resorting to miserliness and
disregarding their obligations. These are the people whose generosity
and benevolence does not spring from the true depths of
their hearts but from their egos. Some people, for instance, build
mosques in their old age, seeing it as an easy way to attain the
bliss of the hereafter and a ready-made house in paradise. But
when it comes to real acts of piety, they would not be at all perturbed
if the ark of the Faith were to sink right before their eyes
or Islam were to be destroyed in an instant. The Faith may perish
for all they care! All their pain, all their concern, all their devotion,
and all their daily dealings, pertain to the material world, but
even in this aspect they have not been able to progress as much as
other nations. Everyone who honestly tries to reform the ummah
only ends up lamenting their apathy and callousness. The cry of
[Alas for our people] is heard all around. I cannot
speak for others, so I will recount my own ordeal.
It is in view of the widespread corruption and chaos prevalent
in this age that I have written Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya, wherein
I have made the truth of Islam more evident than the shining
sun with the help of 300 incontrovertible rational arguments.
Since this book amounts to a clear victory over the opponents of
Islam and satisfies the heartfelt desire of the Muslims, I naturally