Reply to a Mockery — Page 49
Response to the booklet entitled Ilh a m i Girgit 49 From the above, the reader can see how dishonest Maulaw i Sahib has been. He has tried to create the impression that Hadrat Mirza Sahib’s intention was to push aside his Lord and Master, Muhammad s as , and appoint himself as the intercessor. Dear read- ers! Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a s as is the real, genuine, and perfect intercessor. He has the right of intersession before the Almighty and this is what Hadrat Mirza Sahib has explained here. The same subject is repeated in the following Urdu verse: ی ااترے ہ � ےن اہرے اپر اس ی م راہ وت ےلہپ ہ ےہ ی اجؤں اس ےک وارے سب اندخا � ی م All the previous Prophets became tired along the way, but he (i. e. Muhammad s as ) brought everyone across. May I sacrifice myself for him for he is the captain of the ship [of faith]. He further explains that: It is necessary for an intercessor to hold such a deep rela- tionship with God, as if God has descended upon his heart. The human self of such a person becomes extinct and the divine glory of Allah is manifested in their every hair. Their soul melts and flows like water towards God until it reaches the most extreme point of divine nearness. Moreover, it is also necessary for an intercessor that his heart soars in sympathy towards the one for whom he desires to intercede, as if he were about to faint, and the intense agony that he feels is as severe as if the limbs were parting from his body and his senses were scattered. His sympathy should carry him to a stage which exceeds that