The Ocean of Light — Page 99
99 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS parties on mountain tops. They find excuses to engage in such frivolities, such as when the morning breeze is blowing or when rain is falling. They begin by drinking a little but then increase it and make it a habit; such are the practices in which they are brought up. In drinking parties, they ask for more, and run about to satisfy their sensual desires. Thus, they blacken the record of their deeds even before attaining puberty or acquiring facial hair. Day by day they grow more set in these habits. They pay no heed to reproach or damnation, and think that wine will strengthen their bodies and awaken their carnal desires. Their inner Satan makes them lust after sinful women, and they imagine that wine will alleviate the burden of their grief and cast away the mantle of their pains. They say that wine refreshes the heart and dispels weakness and exhaustion. And after they have drunk, they spend the day blabbering senselessly. If any of their companions or helpers do not drink, they present to him the goblet with their