The Ocean of Light — Page 37
37 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS perished. Islam has put on the shoes of misery and Muslims have become grief-stricken. Wretchedness, defeat and destitution visit them again and again; their intellect has been thrown into the abyss and nothing remains in their thoughts except for diabolical arrogance. Since the time God Almighty sent Islam down to this earth, it has never seen such humiliation and has never been disgraced before like it has today. Muslims have no remedy for this illness which is much discussed as if it was only a folk-tale with no way to treat this asphyxiation. The state of the Muslims is like that of a traveller who becomes stranded in a barren land, having lost his steed. Devoid of provision or food, an enemy suddenly descends upon him like a storm, brandishing spears and keen swords. However, this traveller has a powerful friend who is the ruler of a nation and possesses an army. If news of the calamities that have befallen him reach his friend, he will immediately