Malfuzat – Volume II — Page 76
76 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad ْ اَنْت َ رَبِّی ْ اَنْت َ رَبِّی You are my Lord! Indeed you are my Lord! It is then that the grace and mercy of Allah Almighty surges forth, and God ad- dresses him and responds to him with His converse. This is a most exquisite phe- nomenon which not all people can understand and the pleasure that is derived in this cannot be described in words. Hence, a Prophet knocks at the gate of divine providence (rububiyyat) again and again like one who thirsts for water, and it is here that he finds comfort and pleasure. Such a one lives in the world, but is not of the world. He does not desire anything of the world, but the world serves him, and God Almighty places the world before his feet. This is the reality of prophethood in brief. At this stage, both of these forms of ‘converse with the inner self ’ just mentioned are burnt to ashes and a third stream of converse begins—a form of converse that starts and ends with God alone. At this point, an individual draws in divine converse, which is free from the ambiguity and confused nature of ‘converse with the inner self. ’ In fact, they are detached from this world completely like one enslaved by carnal pleasures who develops a relationship with a beautiful lover, and then constantly fantasises about them; the sensual pleasures of such an individual reach their apex in their lover, and they have no desire whatsoever to meet anyone else. In the same man- ner, a Prophet intensifies his relationship with God Almighty to such an extent that they are extremely averse to anyone else intruding in on their seclusion and privacy. They converse with their Beloved, and find pleasure and comfort in Him, and do not wish to part with this state of seclusion for even a moment. However, God Almighty brings them out into the world so that they may reform the peo- ple and serve as a mirror that reflects the image of God. It is in God Almighty that a Prophet seeks the natural pleasure and ecstasy that they experience. There is no other way in which I can describe this state. My heart is replete with this pleasure and the more I expound this subject, the more pleasure I feel. But where shall I find the words with which to express myself ? Why Do the Prophets Have Wives and Children? Certain ignorant people raise the objection that when the Prophets, peace be upon them, are so annihilated in Allah, and when they turn away from the world and its pleasures, why then do they have wives and children? Such people fail to