Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 140
14° AHMADIYY AT delivered from the sinful life which leads to hell and ruin. Now that God Almighty has established a dispensation and has raised me, the same common purpose of all the Prophets is my purpose also. I wish to expound and to exhibit what God is and I guide ,towards the way of escaping sin [Malfoozat, Vol. III, p. II]. When the Imam of the age appears in the world, a thousand lights accompany him, and there is joy in heaven and the good qualities of people are stimulated through the spread of spirituality and illumination. He who possesses the capacity of receiving revelation begins to receive revelation, and he who has the capacity to reflect upon matters of the faith experiences an increase of the power of reflection and understadning, and he whose heart is drawn towards worship begins to find pleasure in worship and religious exercises, and he who carries on discussions with the followers of other faiths is bestowed the power of reasoning and carrying conviction through relevant proofs. All this results from the spread of spirituality which descends from heaven with the Imam of the age and activates every eager heart. This is a Divine law which is expounded in the Holy Quran and the true ahadees and the working of which is observable through personal experi- ence. The age of the Promised Messiah has this special character- istic that in the ancient scriptures and the ahadees it is recorded that at the time of his advent this spread of spirituality will reach a degree in which women will also receive revelation, and minor children will be able to prophecy, and the common people will speak with the power of the Holy Spirit. All this will be a manifestation of the spirituality of the Promised Messiah [Zuroora- tul Imam, pp. 4-5]. The purpose for which God has appointed me is that I should remove the malaise that afflicts the relationship between God and His creatures and should restore the relationship of love and sincerity between them. Through the proclamation of truth I should bring about peace by putting an end to religious wars and should manifest the verities which have become hidden from the eyes of the world. I am called upon to demonstrate that spirituality , which has been overlaid by selfish darknesses. It is for me to demonstrate in practice and not only in words, the Divine attri- butes which penetrate into the hearts of people and are manifested through prayer and concentration. Most of all it is my purpose to plant once more in the hearts of people the pure and shining unity