Seerat-i-Tayyiba — Page 13
13 That wisheth me ill Take care against me How thou launchest an attack!” I am here giving my friends a bare glimpse of the love the Promised Messiah had for Allah, and of the love which Allah showed for Hazrat Ahmad. Now it is for them to cultivate the seed of the same kind of love in their own hearts as well, and to develop it as it should be developed. This golden exhortation of the Holy Quran should never be lost sight of: “The love which true Believers have for Allah should dominate every other feeling in their hearts. ” (Surah Baqarah, verse 166 ) 10 In one place the Promised Messiah speaks of the Love of God in a manner as if, drunk with this love, he were addressing himself to God. Says he: “I cannot count those si gns which are very well known to me (though this world does not see them, but O my God) I recognize Thee that Thou alone art my God; and when I hear Thy name, my soul leaps up as a babe leaps with joy when it catches sight of its mother. But most of the people have not recognized me, and have not accepted me. ” ( Tiryaqul Qulooh ) And again: “Behold, my soul, in perfect reliance and trust, soars to Thee as a bird flies to its nest. So I desire the Signs of Thy power and glory, not for my own sake, but that the people should know Thee, and adopt the pure ways which lead to Thee. ” ( Zamimah Tiryaqul Quloob) 11