Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 113
113 manner, there is an indescribable bliss which one enjoys in the sight as well as in the Word of God who is the Author of all existence and the cause of all causes. His word transports a man into a paradise of bliss in exactly thai same manner as His sight does. But if a person bears a voice, or certain words or put into his mouth, and he has doubt as to their Divine origin, the voice and the words ars certainly a delusion or a Satanic suggestion. For, the power and majesty with which the Word of God enters. the heart, the blessings that accompany it, the light which it sheds, the impression that it makes, the bliss that it affords, the Divine glory and the splendour that it imparts to the receptacle of the revelation, determine it to a certainty that it is from God. It has not a single point of resemblance with the lifeless voices which proceed from Satanic suggestions or delusions. It has an animation, it has a power, it has a magnetism, it has the charac- teristic of producing a certainty, it has a bliss, it has a light, it 'has a supernatural glory, it has with it angels that exercise a control over every particle of the body, and besides, it is accom- panied with numerous extraordinary signs manifesting the power of God. It is impossible that the receptacle of such a revelation should ever have any misgiving as to its Divine origin. To him a doubt is as fatal as unbelief. Such a revelation, with all its characteristics is with him the greatest of miracles, even if he could work no other miracle, A complete transformation beyond merely human power is worked in the person who is favored with the Word of God. His love for God is so extraordinary that he is mad after Him, and his constancy and faithfulness in His path know no bounds. The certainty that reigns in his heart makes him independent of all. He is an infallible guide and sits on the throne of sufficiency. Such is my condition, but the world knows nothing of it. Before I witnessed any miracle or obtained any heavenly assistance, I