A Gift for Baghdad — Page 71
Reply to the Announcement & Letter 71 [to Allah] so as not to be kept away, you will be exalted so as not to be abased, you will be honoured so as not to be humiliated, and you will be purified so as not to be defiled. Allah will deliver you and purify you from the defilements of the ways of the sinful. Then you will be the fulfilment of all hopes, and all testimonies will assume a reality in you. Then you will become the philosopher’s stone, so much so that you will be hardly recognizable. You will be exalted to a state such that there will be none like yourself, you will be unique in that you will have no equal, and you will be singular without peer. Thereupon, you will become, in the sight of your Lord, one of the inhabitants of heaven, not an inhabitant of the earth; you will become the most unique and peerless, the most hidden and the most secret. At that time, you will become heir to every Messenger, Prophet, and Truthful one. You will be granted everything that they have been given of illumination, mysteries, blessings, verbal commu- nication, revelation, discourses, and other Signs from the Lord of all the worlds. You will bear the seal of Wil a yah [Friendship with God], and the living Saints will flock towards you. Difficulties will be removed through you; through you, clouds of nourishing rain will be sent and crops will grow. Through you will be removed the afflictions of the rank and file of the people [of the country] including the inhabitants of the seashores and fron- tiers, even rulers, subjects, leaders, and followers, and all other creatures. Thus, you will become the fort of your country and people and you will be one who is commissioned. People will flock towards you from afar, their hands bearing gifts and dona- tions and rendering service in every condition by the permission of the Creator of all things. Tongues will be engaged in compli- ment and praise for you in every situation. And no two persons of the people of faith will differ with regard to you. The hearts of scholars as well as illiterates will incline towards you. The tongue of eternity will be calling you and the Lord of the universe will be mock you. Allah has placed blessing in you, O Ahmad. Whatever you did let loose, it was not you but it was Allah