The Honour of Prophets — Page 38
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 38 donkey, etc. , are also in actuality the result of union. Hence, this union, when taken to imply that an imper fect being develops a spiritual relationship with a perfect one by which the former finds remedy in the soul of the latter and is safeguarded from passions of the flesh, is known as shafa’at or intercession. Likewise, the moon, when opposite the sun, develops a sort of union and connection with it and as a result immediately receives the light of the sun. Since the spiritual bond between affectionate hearts and the Prophets resembles the rela tionship existing between father and son, therefore those who are spiritually blessed are viewed as the progeny of the Prophets in God’s estimation. Those who perfectly undergo this spiritual birth acquire the same attributes, morals and blessings that exist in the Prophets. This, in fact, is the true nature of intercession and just as physical union or pairs inherently necessitate that offspring take after their parents, so it is the case with spiritual union. In short, this is the reality of intercession, inasmuch as the natural law of God since time immemorial, in both the physical and spiritual realms, are based on the fact that all blessings originate from pairs; the only differ ence is that one is called shaf ’un, which means to couple and the other is named s hafa’at or intercession. Just as humans require shaf ’un or union to preserve the system