The Ocean of Light — Page 47
47 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS Prophet of the Last days, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him? For, a saint always comes in the footsteps of a Prophet and partakes of the same miracles which were granted to the Prophet whom he accepts and follows. The pious are agreed upon the fact that the station of Wil a yat is a mirror image of Prophethood. Therefore, the various miraculous powers that are present in a true personage are also granted to the mirror image as a sign of his station. One of the miraculous powers of our Holy Prophet was the miracle of eloquence, as is portrayed through the lens of the Holy Quran. Therefore, eloquence is one of the prerequisites of the station of Wil a yat so that the station of being a mirror image is ascertained through perfect similitude. And you should not entertain the suspicion that this fact detracts from the miracle of the Book of the Almighty and Omnipotent God: for a mirror image is in itself nothing, rather the true object appears through its form, and in a mirror