The Ocean of Light — Page 143
143 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS women and gambling, and the Ulema towards lies and telling tall tales. They have left Yemenite wisdom and are satisfied by the date stone instead of the date flesh, and nothing remains of them except their prancing, strutting, and swagger. They are no longer interested in glorifying the faith and killing the grass and weeds of ignorance, rather they desire herds of camels, fields of wheat, rice and chickpeas, and a life free of worry. The goblets of their mind are brimming over with arrogance and they have sworn oaths to preserve their preference of this mortal realm and their love for it. They consider me to be one of the enemies of God Almighty as if they are privy to the secrets of my heart or they have come to know exactly what is hidden in my heart. I have had to suffer from them that which allowed me to fully understand the meaning of ء ل الب جهد [severe torment]. They dragged me to the authorities and placed me in fire and all through the summers and the winters I walked with their shackles. They brought