Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 192
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 192 every heart that has retained its innate simplicity and is aware of its own weakness. Therefore, a truthful man—in whose soul no kind of arrogance and self-conceit has taken root, and who is well aware of the weakness, insignificance, and ineffectiveness of his own being, and finds himself incapable of carrying any task to its completion, and sees no power or strength in his own person—finds his feeble spirit begging, without any artificiality, for strength from the heavens before he embarks on any endeavour. He beholds the Omnipotent Being of God in all His perfection and glory all the time, and His ra h m a niyyat and ra hi miyyat appear to him as the pivot for the successful conclusion of all his affairs. Therefore, before he ventures upon exercising his own imperfect and ineffective energies, he spontaneously seeks help from Allah through the prayer, 1 ِمْيِحَّرلا ِمْسِب ِهّٰللا ِنٰمْحَّرلا. Therefore, because of this humility and lowliness, he becomes worthy of receiving power from the power of God, strength from His strength, and knowledge from His knowledge, so that he may achieve success in his objectives. The proof of this matter does not require complicated arguments of logic or philosophical reasoning; rather, the soul of every human being possesses the capacity to understand it, and the personal experiences of every truly enlightened one furnish recurring testimony in support of its validity. Man’s seeking help from God is not a matter which is useless or fictional, nor is it based on baseless speculations, without any rational consequences. In fact, it is an eternal truth that has ever been the way of the Benevolent God who is truly the Sustainer of the universe and with whose support, in reality, the ark of this universe is constantly moving, that He lends His support to those who seek His help—considering themselves to be unworthy and humble—and He grants them His support when they begin their endeavours with His 1. In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful ( S u rah al-F a ti h ah, 1:1). [Publisher]