Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 202
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 202 If you say that you do believe that auliy a ’ull a h are blessed with rev- elation, and also believe such revelations to be the hallmark of ummat-e-Mu h ammadiyyah, but that you do not believe such revela- tions to be the source of certain knowledge, but only of hypothetical and conjectural knowledge, then I would say that this statement of yours is itself a conjecture with no rational or scriptural argument to support it. Indeed, it is refuted by authentic and repeated experiences and by the categorical verses of the Holy Quran. In truth, such doubts plague the minds of only those who are unaware of the perfect light of Divine Revelation, are incognizant of divinely bestowed knowledge, and are oblivious to the wonderful divine gift of the limitless degrees of certainty and knowledge that God may grant to His true seekers. They fail to realize that when God has Himself inspired the hearts of His servants with a strong desire to attain divinely bestowed knowl- edge—and has imbued their hearts with their unseen motives to attain full enlightenment, vision, and light—how then is it possible that the Benevolent God should allow their zeal and anguish and their strenu- ous labour of love to be wasted. It is unthinkable that He would fail to provide bread to satiate the hunger He has created, or water to quench the thirst that He Himself has induced. When a person loses himself in the love for God, loves to attain His cognition more than his own life, and runs towards Him with all his strength and faculties, will God not have mercy on him and look upon him with kindness. Will his prayers not be worthy of acceptance. Will his cries never reach God. Will God allow him to die in failure. Will he enter his grave in the utmost anguish, with God refusing to provide him the cure. Will the Benevolent God reject him and forsake him. Will God not guide His true and devoted seeker to the path of His Prophets. Will He not visit him with His special grace. Surely, He does attend to those who seek after Him, and when they run towards Him, He runs even faster to meet them. He draws ever closer to those who desire His nearness. He becomes the eyes with which they see, and the ears with which they hear. Imagine, when the Knower of the