Mirror of Charm and Beauty — Page 97
indemnity? Our death on this path. This is the death on which depends the life of Islam, the life of the Muslims, and a proper manifestation of the Living. God" (Fateh Islam). And again, by way of advice to his followers, the Promised Messiah says, with an intensity of sympathy and love, which friends should note with care : recognises me. "O ye, my people! O ye, the thriving, branches of the tree that is my being! You have taken the pledge of bai'at at my hand; and you are sacrificing your life, your comforts, and your wealth for this cause. Listen to me very carefully. Who is my friend? Who is dear to me? Only he who. And who it is that recognises me? Indeed, only he who believes in me, and feels sure that I am from God; and he accepts me in just the same way as are accepted those who are from God. The world cannot accept me, for I am not of this world. But those whose nature partakes of that higher life, they accept me and shall continue to accept me. He who forsakes me really forsakes Him Who has sent me; and he who grafts himself to me, he does indeed graft himself to Him from. Whom I came. There is a lamp in my hand: he who comes to me, he will partake of this light. But he who runs away from me, on a 97