The Ocean of Light — Page 49
49 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS nor did he proclaim that such actions stink of idolatry and are therefore prohibited in the Shariah. Rather, he exhorted in their favour on many occasions, so that the Companions did not refrain from them on account of a so-called “preservation of the sanctity of Divine Word”. Instead they busied themselves in composing poetry and prose and became engrossed in it. There are verses, compositions and prosaic writings attributed to them which were composed with great articulation and then collected in famous tomes. It is quite well known that a group of skilled poets and eloquent writers used to remain in the presence of the Holy Prophet. I would like to inform you that the word of a Wal i is a mirror image of the word of a Prophet, like a face and its reflection, or two mirrors placed in front of each other so that both flow from the same fountain-head. Therefore, that which is true for the real object is also unequivocally true for the reflection. The word of a Wal i can never be truly recognised, save