Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 270
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 270 become satisfied and think that they have attained the status of wal i or ghaus or qu t b or abd a l, 1 or have become godly, whereas in fact they are nothing at all; they are still a mere sperm. As yet they are only acquainted with the name of God, the rosebud of spring [i. e. loving relationship with Allah] has not even touched them. Alas! A large number of peo- ple have been destroyed on account of such vain thoughts. Bear in mind that the first stage of the spiritual being—that of humility—can perish due to a myriad of factors, just as the sperm— which is the first stage of the physical being—can come to naught due to various kinds of mishaps, including a defect in the sperm itself. For instance, if the state of humility has some idolatrous contamination in it, or is mixed with some unlawful innovation or frivolity, such as a per- son’s carnal and unholy desires and passions expressing themselves, or the heart is in the grip of base objectives, or has become overpowered by the frivolous worldly desires; thus, burdened by all these unholy dis- orders, the state of humility is not deemed worthy of establishing a link with the Merciful God, in the same way as a defective sperm will fail to connect itself to the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. This is why the state of humil- ity of the Hindu yogis and the Christian clergymen does not benefit them in the least. If they take their anguish and supplications to a level where they reduce their bodies to a fleshless skeleton, even then the رحیم [ Ra hi m —Merciful One] does not establish a connection with them because their state of humility has an inherent flaw. The same is the case of the mendicants of Islam steeped in innova- tion who, shunning the Holy Quran, adopt instead a thousand forms of innovation, so much so that they shamelessly employ hemp or mar- ijuana or alcohol, not to mention other forms of evil in which they indulge as freely as a child partakes of its mother’s milk. Since their condition has no affinity or connection with the Merciful God; rather, 1. Wal i (friend), ghaus (saint), qu t b (guiding star), and abd a l (substitutes, i. e. vicegerents appointed for carrying out the will of God Almighty) are various designations used for Auliy a ’ull a h —i. e. the friends of God. [Publisher]