Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 163
163 tjualifcy of ginger is hot, and ifc is, therefore, a symbolic expression for the warmth of love. ) It is a spring which is called salsabeel, (lit. , ask the way from God) meaning that when the way farer has reached the spiritual eminence indicated in the preceding verse, he is entirely in the hands of (rod and asks his way from no other than God. *' Again, the Holy Quran says: *>*j V j ^ ^ ) * (^ i3 ^ IA, " Verily he who has purified his soul is released from the constraint of sensual passions and is granted a heavenly life, but whoever remains bent down upon earth and does not turn to heaven, shall end his days in grief and despair. " As the high stages of man's advancement described in the verses quoted above, cannot be attained by a man's own efforts, the Holy Quran repeatedly invites us to pray to God and to exert our- selves to our utmost in His path. Thus it says : ^*u ) o Jy * ) " Pray to Me and I will accept your prayer," and again :*$$> ) i Jj. ^J ] ^sa~J^ ^ U o ), 3 ) g ) oJ ) a j* o v j. ) V 3 ,3 ^J U ^U ^ o U* ^O d^^^J. J ^3 ) ^^Jj "And if my servants question thee as to the proof of My existence, as to how they should know that God exists, say to them that I am very near: I answer him who calls upon Me, and I hear his voice when he invokes Me and I speak to him. They should, therefore, make themselves fit to receive My word and have a perfect faith in Me so that they may find My way. " And on another occasion, the Word of God says : UU, ^ jiJ Uw ) j JA U ^j dJ Ij " Those who try hard and exert themselves to their utmost to find Us We surely guide them into our paths. " And again : ^ ^ ^ ) ^* )y <f $ " Besides prayers and exertions in the way of God, you should also live in the company of the truthful and righteous ones, for this is also necessary in order that you may see God. These are the commandments by walking in which a man realizes the true nature of Islam, for as I have already said the