Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 2
2 and has equipped us with the wings of perception and knowledge whereby we can fly into the heights of the spiritual heavens, and Who, seeing our shortcomings and weaknesses, has revealed to us the secrets of spiri- tual remedies and has sent to us, to heal our ills, spiri- tual physicians, who have cured us and conferred on us added strength and power. Again we render grateful thanks to Allah, the Most Compassionate, Who infused His Love into our hearts and then made us happy with His meeting; Who caused us to taste the cup of His Love and then made us drink deep from the cup of Union; Who, in this age of Darkness, when seekers after Truth were groping blindly in the gloom, caused the Sun of His Knowledge to appear, and raised His Messenger and Prophet, Hadrat Ahmad as in the East, and dispelled the darkness of doubt and misgiving with the rays of His Light. He then caused the breeze of His Grace to blow and the clouds of His Mercy to pour forth life-giving rain, so that all parched lands be refreshed, and the world become one smiling garden of Purity and Right- eousness after it had been a barren wilderness so that men should draw the breath of Life and Happiness after they had become rotten and dead. We invoke blessings on His Holy Prophet, Mu- hammad sa , through whom was caused to flow that Fountain which shall never run dry and through whom were opened the Gates of Divine Knowledge which shall never be shut on those who seek. Lastly, we pray to Allah, the Most High, that He may be pleased, in the fulfilment of His Divine Prom- ises, to guide the world towards Truth and Righteous-