Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 62
62 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The second state, which is a state characterised by the effects of ginger, is the one when a person develops power and strength so much so that they can even climb mountains. Since ginger increases the natural temperature of the body, by mentioning this, Allah the Exalted has explained that first a death overtakes the believers’ state of sin, and after this, they are given the opportunity and strength to perform good deeds. In a state of sin, man is faced with degradation and dis - grace; the more he commits sin, the lower he falls. However, when a death over - takes one’s state of sin, he continues laying in that pit of degradation until one receives the drink of ginger to rise upwards. Hence, upon gaining the ability to do good, a person begins to ascend upwards and the mountainous passes that one traverses are the same ones mentioned in: 1 ْ ُم َِْيِْه ُل َ ِع َ ِت ْ َم َ ُع ْ َّن َ ا َ ُن ْ ُي ِ ِّذ َ ْل ِصَِرَا َطَ ا The path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings. Following the path of the righteous ones of God Almighty and those upon whom God has bestowed His blessings, is the actual objective which God Almighty has set for human beings. Since God Almighty is One and loves oneness, He does everything through oneness. If God desired, He could have made everyone a Prophet, however, this goes against the concept of oneness, and so He did not make it so. However, He is not niggardly either and therefore, anyone who engages in spiritual discipline with sincerity to follow this path, derives pleasure and delight. This is why it is known that there are saints within the Muslim community, whose natures are transformed. This transformation comes about by following the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet sas and through prayers. ” When His Holiness as had spoken this much, Hazrat Maulvi Syed Muhammad Ahsan Sahib of Amroha submitted: “Your Holiness, how do we respond to the Christians who assert that the Holy Quran suggests that the Prophets, peace be upon them, stumbled?” The Definition of Sin The Promised Messiah as said: “This is an error on their part. They have misun - derstood the definition of sin. The word for sin is gunah and this is derived from janah. The letter jeem has changed to a gaaf , as is the way in Persian. The word 1 al-Fatihah , 1:6 p. 335 َٗهٗ َب َ ُر ُ ِم َٰدَ ۤ َص َ ِع َوَ ً َم ْ َّز َ ِع َٗٗه ْل ِْْد َج َ َّن ْ ُم َ ْل ََو َ ِ ْس َ ْن َفَ ْی َٰصٰ ْع َْْن ِم ُجُ َ ِاَل ْع ْا َ ٰص َْعَ َل َاَ