Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 278
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 278 relationship which the عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah —clot] has with the رحم [ ri h m — womb] in the second stage of the physical being. And just as before the advent of the second stage of the spiritual being it is not possi- ble to become free of frivolous relationships and activities, and more often than not the first stage of the spiritual being—that of fervour and supplication—goes to waste and has an inauspicious end, so is the case with the sperm, which is the first stage of the physical being. Before it becomes an عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah —clot], there is every chance that it will go to waste. But when it is willed by God that it should be saved from being unduly wasted, then by His command the same sperm turns into an عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah— clot]. This, then, is deemed as the second stage of the physical being. So, the second stage of the spiritual being is when one shuns all frivolous acts, deeds, talk, relationships, and passions. And this stage too is only attained when one has established a link with the Merciful God, for it is this relationship that has the potential and force to break it free from the other relationship and save it from being wasted. Even if a person experiences fervour and devotion in one’s Prayers—which is the first stage of the spiritual being—this state is unable to keep him from indulging in frivolous talk, acts, and deeds, and cannot restrain his frivolous passions until one develops the link with God as in the second stage of the spiritual being. This is just like the case of a man who might consort with his wife several times a day, but the sperm will not be saved from being wasted unless it becomes linked to the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. So when God Almighty says: 1 َو َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ِنَع ِوْغَّللا َنْوُضِرْعُم it means that the believers are only those who wean themselves away from vain relationships—and weaning away from vain relationships is 1. S u rah al-Mu’min u n, 23:4 [Publisher]