Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 394
B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 394 disbelievers and the pagans. This same God has manifested Himself to me in these Latter Days. Some ignorant ones, who are malicious and evil-minded, say: ‘It must be Satan that has appeared to you. ’ لعنۃ الل ّٰ علیھم الٰی یوم القیامۃ. [May the curse of Allah be upon them till the Day of Resurrection]. These fools do not know that Satan does not have power over all things, whereas the God who appeared to me through His words and His works has power over all. Is there anyone who can stand against Him? The opponents are lifeless, and the enemies are dead insects. There is none that can defeat the mighty Signs that are revealed to me through His Word and His Work. He possesses all the attributes and perfect powers and there is none like Him in earth or in heaven. If there is another god in earth or in heaven, other than the One who manifests Himself to me every day and shows me His profound secrets, then give proof of such a being—but never shall you be able to provide such proof ! I can see that there is no God other than Him. He is the One who created the earth and the heavens. When He is shining upon me like the sun and has granted me perfect insight and shown me His wonders and granted me the true knowledge and thus apprised me of His exist- ence, how then can I ever leave Him? It is easier for me to surrender my life than to forsake the God who manifested Himself to me. The blind foe speaks nonsense, for he knows nothing of God. His heart is stricken with leprosy and his eyes are bereft of sight. The knowledge of such people is limited to the worship of the idol of their conjectures. In their eyes there exists nothing beyond this idol. They are totally deprived of the knowledge of God who is recognized through His powers. They are like the blind one who steps forward but knows not whether there is an elevation or depression in front of him, or whether he is treading upon clean land or dirty soil. In their foolishness, they stress one aspect and totally ignore the other. They say that when ‘ I s a descends, he will become an ummat i, 1 1. See footnote for ummat i on page 474. [Publisher]