Fazl-e-Umar

Fazle Umar
ever–growing faitH in tHe Promised
messiaH [as]
A picture of the atmosphere and environment in which Hadhrat Mirza Bashirud-
din Mahmud Ahmad [ra] spent his childhood has been outlined briefly. He observed
his father from two contrary and opposing points of view. On the one side was the
enmity of abundant enemies and bitter foes, on the other was an ever-growing loving
and devoted Community armed with conviction and unshakeable belief that gathered
around him like moths enticed to a flame.
From one point of view, in the eyes of the world he had not only incurred their
displeasure and wrath but was also subject to God Almighty’s wrath and hatred. From
another angle he was a beloved Messenger of Allah who was bestowed a godly community
of saintly men and women, forever ready to lay down their lives in his cause.
Let us consider which of these two opposing views became prominent in his
mind. Which one did he consider to be based on absolute fact and which one did
he consider from an unbiased view to be a fabrication. This decision was not very
difficult for him. He witnessed a few weak human beings that surrounded him grow
into a large, strong, pressing crowd of hundreds of thousands who claimed Allah was
fully supporting them. But every time the enemies tried to wipe Hadhrat Mirza sahib
[as] and his handful of companions off the face of the earth they failed miserably. To
say what of annihilation, they did not even have the power to bring the slightest grief
and uneasiness upon this Community. On the contrary, after every assault and every
incursion, the power of Hadhrat Mirza sahib [as] and his followers, both in number
and quantity grew stronger than ever. And every time after his father had dispersed
the marshalled troops of the enemy in clouds of dust, he witnessed this apparently
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