The Ocean of Light — Page 72
72 This was indeed His greatest favour. One of His blessings is that He opened my heart and transformed me into the full moon, therefore I was not afflicted by any of the worldly anxieties, grief or problems, and no one ever saw my forehead furrowed with worldly anxiety and sorrow. He made me the Promised Messiah and the Mahdi whose advent had been promised, upon which the religious scholars attacked me, assaulting me from every angle and claiming that I was a liar and deceiver. They refuted me, branded me as ignorant and misguided, and demonstrated no fear for the Day of Judgement. They inclined towards one extreme and reflected neither on the Hadith nor on the Quran. People gravitated towards these men who had raised such a hue and cry and had not sought the straight path. They established for them a portion from their alms and their wealth so that they could persevere in refuting my books and write their counter arguments. However, their rebuttals contained nothing but vile