Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 76
76 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 ْ َغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوْبَكُم ی َ ُحْبِبْكُمُ اهللُ و ی ْ قُلْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اهللَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِي Meaning, Say, ‘If you desire to become the beloved of God and for your sins to be forgiven, there is only one way, and that is for you to obey me. ’ This means that fol- lowing the Holy Prophet sa never lets a person despair of divine mercy; it becomes a means for the forgiveness of one’s sins and makes an individual the beloved of Allah Almighty. Moreover, a person’s claim that they love Allah the Exalted shall only prove to be true and sincere when they follow the Holy Prophet sa. This verse clearly establishes that man cannot become the beloved of Allah Almighty and become worthy of His nearness by self-invented forms of spiritual exercise, labour or meditation. Divine light and blessings cannot descend on any- one until they become lost in obedience to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. A person who becomes absorbed in love for the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and takes upon their own soul every death in order to obey and follow him, is conferred the light of faith, love and passion, which frees them from all that is besides Allah, releases them from the bondage of sin and grants them salvation. Such a one is blessed with a holy life in this very world, and is pulled out from the dark and narrow graves of carnal passion and desire. It is to this that the following Hadith alludes: ْ اَنَا الْحَاشِر ُ الَّذِی ْ یُحْشَر ُ النَّاس ُ عَلٰی قَدَمِی Meaning, I am the one who raises the dead and at whose feet the people are raised. In short, such knowledge on which salvation is based cannot be conclusively and categorically attained except by a life which is bestowed through the Holy Spirit. The aforementioned verse of the Holy Quran manifestly and openly declares that such a spiritual life can only be attained by way of obedience to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. All those who defy the Noble Prophet sa due to their own close-mindedness and animosity, are under the shade of Satan. Such an individual is deprived of the pure life just mentioned. Although they seem to be alive, they are actually dead and Satan rules their heart. Be Mindful of Death It is a pity that such people are not mindful of death. Is death a far off thing? A person who has reached the age of fifty will live perhaps for a few more years, or 1 Aal-e-Imran, 3:32 p. 67