Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 59
Section One 59 and fall has repeatedly occurred since time immemorial. The same is indicated when He says: 1 يِف ِلْيَّلا. َ النَّهَار َو ُجِلْوُت ُجِلْوُت َلْيَّلا يِف َراَهَّنلا Meaning that, O Allah, at times You cause the night to enter into the day, and at other times You cause the day to enter into the night. In other words, He originates guidance in the predominance of error, and permits misguidance in the predominance of guidance. The reality of this tidal rise and fall is that sometimes, by the com- mand of Allah the Almighty, people’s hearts develop a condition of being constricted and veiled, and the adornments of the world begin to appear dear to them and all of their efforts are devoted to the settle- ment of their mundane affairs and to the enjoyment of worldly pleas- ures. This is the age of darkness, the darkest night of which is called Lailatul-Qadr. This Lailatul-Qadr regularly appears, but it appeared in its most consummate form when the day of the advent of the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, arrived; for, at that time, such darkness of total misguidance had spread over the entire world as had never been spread before, nor ever will, until the Day of Judgment. In short, when this darkness reaches its ultimate extreme that is decreed for it, then divine favour turns towards illuminating the world, and a bearer of divine light is sent for the reformation of the world. And when he appears, the ready and worthy souls are attracted toward him and the pious-natured are spontaneously drawn towards the truth. And just as it is utterly impossible that when a torch is lit a moth would not turn towards it, similarly, it is impossible that, at the time of the advent of any bearer of divine light, people of sound nature would not turn toward him with devotion. The gist of what God Almighty says in these verses—and which is 1. S u rah A l-e-‘Imr a n, 3:28 [Publisher]