Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 58
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 58 Islam] and unveil its obscured radiant countenance? Know that this gateway will not be opened by ordinary weaponry, but rather demands irrefutable evidence, clear signs, and learned minds delv- ing into the subtleties of the Shariah and its concealed nuances. Those who serve Islam both visibly and internally are required, so that hearts can find solace, the unseen becomes unveiled, and the concealed treasures emerge into view. O esteemed stalwarts of Islam, the trials and tribulations that have beset you loom large. Show me, then, what provisions you have mustered to stand against these massed adversaries? Do you offer us the in of theses scholars, sheikhs, or the Sufis? [I declare:] Indeed, unto Allah we belong, and unto Him is our return, in this hour of trial and in the face of the calamity that has descended upon our noble Shariah. Islam now requires a man endowed with the hand of the unseen, a privilege not bestowed upon any other. Allah has unveiled to him what others cannot see, rendering him among the successful, triumphant and heir to the Prophets. God has bestowed him with the gift of distinctive knowledge, discern- ment, courage, cognisance, exceptional opinion and fortified with unyielding will. His knowledge transcends the ordinary, defying convention, and bearing fruit aplenty. He did not leave him akin to a chameleon, clinging to the boughs of trees. Rather, the seek- ers find with him the truths they wished for and the knowledge that had faded away. He became their source of wonders and mar- vels, drawing people to him like the famished and downtrodden seeking refuge, reminiscent of the Children of Israel seeking sol- ace with Moses as. From him, they taste the mysteries, grazing in the verdant pasture-lands of enlightenment.