The Ocean of Light — Page 45
45 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS by God Almighty, when no other helper or supporter remains. Neither are you from among those who taught people the wonders of the faith, its principles and statutes; the ones who paved the way for Islam and established this religion; who exhorted others to follow the ways of the prophets; who guided the hearts of those who sought the truth; and who safeguarded nations from Satanic whisperings and upheld the ties of kinship through spiritual favours. Then his own self will question him as to what excellence he possesses which ranks him among the scholarly elite, so that people, by following him, may also benefit from that excellence! Have you been blessed with any such verity that other sages and scholars did not possess? Or did the Almighty and Omnipotent God bestow upon you greater knowledge of the unseen than others? Or does the spirit of holiness course through you to such an extent that just by following you, sensual desires are annihilated? Or that by becoming your heir