Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 215
Footnote Number Eleven 215 �ی�ار احبشل رظن ہن رکد ہك دش ہك اعقش ط�ب�ی�ب تسہ ورگہن ت �یس� ن � درد وخاہج اے What kind of lover is he towards whom the Beloved does not incline [with compassion]? It is the pain [of yearning] that is lacking, my master, not the Physician! The fourth category of grace is the most special grace. This grace can- not be acquired merely in response to effort and exertion. Rather, the first condition of its manifestation and reflection is that this realm of means, which is a narrow and dark space, should be totally demolished and annihilated and that the complete power of the One True God should be unveiled in its perfect brilliance without any mingling of the usual [material] means. For, in regard to this final grace, which is the ultimate point of all grace, the only addition and perfection—above and beyond the graces mentioned earlier—that the human mind can conceive of is that it should be manifested with the utmost vividness and clarity, and there should not remain any doubt, concealment, or imperfection. That is, there should be no doubt left with regard to the determined grace of the Gracious Bestower, nor should there be any question that the bestowed grace is the real bounty and pure and perfect mercy. Rather, the munificence and recompense of the Eternal Master should become manifest like the bright day. And the recipient of this grace should feel and realize with true certainty that it is indeed the Sovereign of the Kingdom who is bestowing a lofty favour and a great delight upon him, by His will, command, and special power; and that, in truth, he is the recipient of a perfect and lasting reward for his good deeds, which is extremely pure, superb, most desirable and lovely, and is not any kind of test or trial. To be the recipient of such perfect, superb and enduring, high, and splendid grace is contingent on the migration of the servant [of Allah] from this imperfect, opaque, dense, confined, depressed, ephemeral, and doubtful realm to another realm. For, this grace is the