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PROCLAMATIONS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAH, PEACE BE UPON HIM Our paradJse is our God. Qur paradise, is in our God. Our highest delight 1s in our God for we have seen Him and have found every beauty in Him This wealth 1s worth procuring though one may have to lay down one's life to procure it. This ruby is worth purchasing though one may have to lose one's self to acquire it. 0 ye, who are bereft, run to this fountain and it will satiate your thirst. It is the fountain of life that wtll save you What shall I do, and by what drum shall I make the announce- ment that this is your God, so that people might hear' What remedy shall I apply to their ears so that they should listen. If you belong to Allah, rest assured that Allah will indeed belong to you. (Roohani Khazam Vol. 19 : Kashti Nuh, pp. 21 - 22) It is not possible to see God without Quran. I speak the truth and nothing but the truth. If souls are endowed with a sincere desire to search, and hearts become thirsty after knowledge, then mankind will yearn to discover that Path and that way But how can one have access to that Path and how can the veil be lifted? I assure all those who seek that 1t is Islam alone which gives the glad tidings of the Way The other faiths have long since put an end to the institution of revelation from God. So rest assured that it is not God Who has brought revelation to a close. But it is man, who, to justify his deprivation, seeks shelter in this false excuse. Fully realize that as it is not possible to see without eyes or to hear without ears or to speak without tongues. so also it is not possible to set eyes on our Beloved God without the aid of the Holy Quran. I was young once. Now I am old. But I found none who, without having access to this pure fountainhead, the Quran, drank out of the cup of such manifest and clear guidance. (Roohani Khazain Vol. I Braheen-e-Ahmadiyya, pp. 191 - I92) None can fight God. Indeed, All-Powerful and All Mighty is the God Whose devotees will not go waste. those who come to Him with love and loyalty. The enemy boasts that he will annihilate them with his evil and the ill- intentioned vows to stamp them out. Fool, says God, will you dare fight Me? And humiliate the one who is dear to Me? Indeed, nothing can happen on this earth unless it is so decreed in heaven, and no earthly hand can be stretched beyond the tether determined for it m heavens. Hence the plotters of evil and cruel designs are most foolish who, during their abhorrent and shameless conspiracies, do not remember that Supreme Being without Whose express decree not a leaf is permitted to fall. Therefore they remain unsuccessful and frustrated in their objectives, and the rightly guided are not harmed by their evil, instead the signs of God are widely mani- fested and people's unders~anding of God's ways is enhanced. That All Powerful and Mighty God Who re - mains unseen by the eyes manifests Himself indeed through His wonderous ways. (Roohani Khazain Vol 13: Kitab ul- Banyya, Muqadama, pp. 19-20) Miracle of the Holy Prophet. A strange phenomenal event took place in the deserts of Arabia, when hundreds of thousands of the dead became hve within a few days, and those who had been corrupted through generations took on Divine colour. The blind began to see, and the tongues of the dumb began to now with Divine wisdom. Such a revolution took place in the world as no eye had seen and no ear had heard of before. Do you realize what this was' All this was brought about by prayers du ring the darkness of nights of one who had been wholly lost m God which created an uproar in the world and mani- fested such wonders as seemed impossible at the hands of that unlettered helpless person. o Allah! send down blessings and peace on him and on his followers in pro- portion to his concern and suffering for the Muslim um mah (the people of Islam), and shower upon him the light of Thy mercy for ever. (Roohani Khazain Vol 6: Barakatud Dua, pp. 10-11) My grace is a result of following the Holy Prophet. It would not have been possible for me to have attained this grace if I had not followed the footsteps of my lord and master, the pride of all the prophets, the best of man- kind, Muhammad, the chosen one, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Whatever I have achieved, I have achieved by following him, and I know from verified reliable experience that no man can reach God and obtain a deeper understanding of His ways without following that Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Now, let me also make it known that the very first thing you are rewarded with, after having completely submitted yourself to the instructions and teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, 1s that you are granted a new heart which is always rightly inclined. that is to say, a heart which has turned cold upon the love of this ma- terial world, and instead it begins to yearn for an ever- lasting heavenly pleasure. Having achieved this desire this heart is now fit to receive that perfect and purest love- the love of God. Because of your complete obedi- ence to him, all these blessings are bequethed to you as his spiritual heritage. (Roohani Khazain Vol. 22 : Haqeeqatul Wahi. pp. 64- 65) Gift of the understanding of the Quran. I call to witness God Almighty, Who holds my life in His hand, that compared to every other soul. He has gifted me with overwhelmingly greater ability and access to the under- standing and the deeper wisdom of the Holy Quran. If any of the Maulvis (traditional Muslim scholars) who oppose me in response to my repeated invitations had attempted to outshine me m the exposition of the Holy Quran, God would have most certainly frustrated his Khuddam- ul -Ahmadiyya U. SA. - 7