Published on Sep 09 2011 by Nadimur Rahman

Truthfulness is a quality that is not only promoted by those who are religious; rather it is universally endorsed by both the religious and the irreligious. Yet, the due of expressing truth is not fulfilled. Wherever the opportunity arises, falsity is used for personal gain. Thus, from individual to international level, truthfulness is negated with the same intensity with which it is verbally promoted. A large majority of people use falsehood in business. In social as well as political matters, be they national or international, truth is trampled over.

Those with ulterior motives even use religion, which propagates truth, to try and destroy it. Some are of the opinion and belief that one should use so much falsehood that truth becomes falsehood and what is false becomes truth. This audacity and brazenness tramples over truth at every level because belief in God is on the wane. Disagreements and acrimony in family life stems from lack of use of truth and when children observe parents using falsehood, they too indulge in it. The falsehood of family life incites them to other ills and some families ruin their children in the process. Unfortunately, falsity in business matters is very common in Muslim countries. The louder they scream ‘truth’, the greater is their negation of it. God and His Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) advised and forcefully instructed to speak the truth; but falsehood is adopted with equal measure. Recently a disgruntled [Pakistani] politician spoke up about the situation in Karachi and Sindh and gave a few inside details. Reviewers opined that it is not for a politician to speak the truth and that the person had lost his mind. They said he had put his political life on the line by speaking the truth, which only an insane person would do. According to them, truth can be a source of one’s decline and for them politics and power overrides the Word of God. Yet, they are bona fide Muslims and Ahmadis, who put their businesses and their very lives on the line for the truth, are non-Muslims. This is because they worship the One God Who has declared falsehood as shirk (associating partners with Allah) and they believe in that Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) who said falsehood is the root of all evils.

In international politics, Muslim and non-Muslim countries both perpetrate falsehood. In the West, there is some truth in internal dealing. However, their stance alters as far as countries of other regions are concerned. This was demonstrated by the Iraq war. Iraq was destroyed and devastated in order to depose Saddam Hussein. Once the Iraqi natural resources were under their control, it was said that a mistake had been made. That the information they had received about WMDs and persecution of his people were exaggerated. Libya was targeted and now it is being said that the persecution there was not as intense as first reported. First, they employ false propaganda and later use their own media to say that they were mistaken. This ‘truth’ is also used to conceal falsehood. They gain control of natural resources of countries and it is the Muslims who provide them with the opportunity to do so. In short, falsehood is used on an international level not only to conceal the truth but to shred it to pieces by all governments. They assume they will get away with it. They will perhaps not be held accountable in this world. But there is a Hereafter where accountability will take place.

We observe so-called caretakers of religion dismiss truth and promote falsehood. Anti-Islamic powers as well as the opponents of the true and ardent devotee of the Holy Prophet, who are also playing a role against Islam, perpetrate this. They are aware of truth but use falsehood for personal gains. Many read up our Jama’at literature and books of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and use the material in their discourses. Today, there is no other source to silence the enemies of Islam. Only the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) has written expositions in defence of Islam which cannot be dismissed. However, they deceive the masses, telling them that God forbid, the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) is a liar. They have copies of Tafseer e Kabeer and other volumes in their homes. These are not there to prepare refutations of, rather, they confess that they use material taken from them in their discourses. These people have no interest in proving the superiority of Islam and that is why they do not inform the masses of the truthful ways. They fear losing their pulpits.

Those who come from God are always treated in this manner by worldly people. However, God’s decree also comes into operation and is always dominant. When falsehood and disorder reaches its height and truth all but vanishes, God sends His people to establish truth and they propagate the truth in spite of opposition. No matter how much the enemy impedes them, God’s decree comes to pass. It helps them. God has promised help and success to the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and with His grace we see it being fulfilled notwithstanding the persecution meted out to the Community. A convention was held by them in Rabwah with reference to 7 September [the day marking the Pakistan National Assembly decision of 1974]. It was attended by their most eminent ‘scholars’. However nothing more than abuse of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) and hostility towards the Jama’at was articulated there. Such is their condition; meanwhile God’s decree is working and the Jama’at is going from strength to strength.

If God’s decree did not come to pass and His promises were not fulfilled and those commissioned by Him did not triumph over others, then God forbid, His promises would be erroneous and belief in God would vanish from the world. These experiences take place to establish and enhance belief. Some events that have been stated in the Qur’an influence belief. Other, new events, also influence those who believe, for example the truthfulness of the founder of religion they follow. Some people are directly informed and thus guided by God about the truthfulness of those commissioned by Him. It is truth that becomes a source of getting people’s attention and later when they observe progress of faith and the practices of those who follow faith, they are further guided.

The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was known as al Sadiq (the truthful) and al Amin (the trustworthy). Once, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) gathered his clan at the foot of a mount and said, ‘If I tell you that a big army is in wait for you behind this hill, would you believe me?’ They all said, ‘Yes, because you have always spoken the truth.’ The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) went on to do Tabligh to those assembled. These were worldly people. His words had no impact on the hard-hearted among them and their ending was terrible. Others accepted Islam after a while. Thus, prophets of God convince people of their message through their truthfulness. The Holy Qur’an states: ‘…I have indeed lived among you a whole lifetime before this. Will you not then understand?’ (10:17) and thus was the response of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). Truthfulness is indeed a great weapon of prophets of God, all aspects of their life has luminosity of truth. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) received a revelation from God: ‘I have lived a whole life among you before this, then do you not understand? [Tadhkirah, p. 303] He later wrote that God informed him through this revelation that no opponent will ever be able to lay any blame on his life-history. He said he had almost reached the age of 65 at the time and outsiders had only ever verified the purity of his life and his truthfulness. Hudhur explained that even his opponents could not lay a finger on his character. Honesty is the highest quality of character and since they could not and did not lay a finger on his character in general, how could they say he did not speak the truth. The mullah today does utter nonsense but cannot prove anything.

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