Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 348
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 348 the fact that they speak of the unseen—in which case their circum- stances would be suspected to resemble the astrologers, soothsayers, fortune tellers and diviners and it would be hard to tell them apart— but, they are also accompanied by a magnificent light through which a sincere seeker can readily recognize them. In fact, this is the light that surrounds all of their words and actions, activities and speech, reason and understanding, and their outer appearance and inner qualities and hundreds of its branches become visible and it manifests its gran- deur in many a colourful form. In times of hardship and tribulation, the same light appears as patience, and manifests itself in the form of perseverance and submission, then those who have been blessed with this light appear like unshakeable mountains in the face of the greatest trials. The calamities whose slightest touch makes the ignorant cry and wail and takes them even to the very brink of death, are—even when such calamities attack them in their most vehement form—nothing to these people and the help of Allah immediately pulls them into the lap of its benevolence. No failing or impatience is shown by them; rather, they consider the suffering emanating from the True Beloved as a gift and accept them with an open heart and mind. Indeed, they find pleas- ure in it, for mountains of power and strength and patience are dis- patched towards them and surging waves of the love of the Divine bar the thought of all else from their minds. Thus, they exhibit such per- severance that is extraordinary and which no man can show without divine help. Similarly, that light manifests itself as contentment in times of need, so their hearts grow cold towards worldly desires in a wonder- ful manner and they view the world as something noxious. The same worldly pleasures—whose gratification is craved by worldly people and sought with greatest avidity, and whose loss makes them overly fright- ened—appear as absolutely nothing in the eyes of these men of God. They find all their joy in keeping their hearts filled with loyalty, love, and contentment towards the True God and in spending their times in zeal, eagerness, and affection for Him. They are averse to the wealth