Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page xii
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E xii Below are some excerpts from this book that highlight these aspects. Love and Cognition of Allah the Exalted The Promised Messiah as explains that—first and foremost—the pur- pose of religion is to so vividly prove the existence of God through divine Signs as to behold the countenance of God Himself. He writes: یہ وت ےہ الص ّدماع �دانھکی اُس رُخ وک ہک ےلم �یار ِ آانش ہ ی تنج یھب ےہ � Beholding His countenance is, in fact, the real objective; Paradise, indeed, consists only of meeting the Beloved Friend. ( see p. 17) اُس ےب اشنں یک رہچہ امنیئ اشنں ےس ےہ چس ےہ ہک بس وبثت دخایئ اشنں ےس ےہ It is only through [divine] Signs that the countenance of that Hidden One is manifested; Truth be told, every proof of Godhood, lies in divine Signs. ( see p. 20) the true religion is, indeed, that religion which succeeds in cur- ing man’s spiritual blindness and bestowing upon him heavenly blessings to such a degree that the evidence of their affirmation of the existence of God and sympathy for mankind is promi- nent in their practical lives. That alone is the true religion and that alone can carry its sincere devotee to the desired goal, the thirst for which has been ingrained in his soul. ( see p. 45) The Promised Messiah as writes that the aim of any seeker of Truth should not merely be to achieve an imperfect knowledge of the exist- ence of God through rational arguments, but to achieve what he calls ‘perfect cognition of God Almighty’. This happens when God Himself reveals His mysteries to people who strive and purify themselves.