Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 102
102 'Those who say Allah is our Lord, and then hold fast to it, angels descend upon them with the reve- lation, 'Fear not, nor be grieved but be happy in the realization of the paradise which you were prom- ised. We shall be your friends in this life and in the life to come, and you will receive all that you de- sire and all that you ask for'. ' 53 That is, the desire to attain union with God, which is the real desire of every believer, will be com- pletely and fully realized. This verse shows, that Islam regards the door of revelation as ever open, and holds out the promise of revelation in certain cases. It may be imagined how the fact that God speaks to a man direct or through angels will fortify him in his belief and faith in God and what an accession of strength it will be to his heart, for speech is also a kind of meeting. For instance, if one is separated from a friend in a jungle at night and hears his voice in the darkness that he is near, one is as much comforted as if one had seen him. There- fore, a man to whom God speaks believes in Him with as perfect a faith as he has in that which he has actually seen. This is not a mere empty claim made by Islam. During the last thirteen hundred years Islam has con- stantly produced men to whom God has spoken. In the present age God has spoken to the Promised Messiah as and as the result of holy influence exercised by him, thousands of members of the Ahmadiyya Movement 53 Ha M i m, 41:31-32