Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 114
114 was drawn to Him by the mighty magnetism of His word in a manner for which I cannot account. Keen swords cannot cut the tie asunder and burning fire cannot frighten me- The magne- tism which has worked upon' my soul, is beyond comprehension, above every description, and outside the grasp of intellect. In the beginning was Word and the Word wrought the wonderful transformation that has been wrought in me. The invisible God first of all revealed Himself to me through His word, and opened the door through which I listened to His sweet voice. His word acted like a magnet on my soul and was the cause of my attrac- tion to the one God. Ah ! that I had words to describe and give a notion to others of the deep impression that the Word made upon my heart, the heights to which it made me soar, the trans- formation that it wrought in me, of what it took away from my heart and what it gave to me. The extraordinary favour and grace with which He approached me, none knows but 7, and the unique place on which I stand in His love and devotion, none Jmoivs but He. But I say truly that the commencement of this spiritual advancement and union with God lies only in His sweet word whose sudden attraction transported me to quite unknown regions. A mighty hand took me up with such an irresistable force as a whirlwind drives a straw before it and throws it in some distant place. To speak to rne of the possibility of my revelations being i only a delusion, is no more exact than to tell a person that his seeing with the eyes, or hearing with the ears or speaking with the tongue, is not a fac. t but a delusion. -Is it possible that the person who knows that the shutting of eyes or the stopping of ears or the cutting off of tongue, shall deprive him of the powers of seeing, hearing or speaking respectively, shall on a denial of these facts entertain the least doubt as to their actual existence ?