The Shining Lamp — Page 190
190 Thus, their pure nature keeps pulling them towards the truth, and the Holy Spirit helps them in affirming it. ِِّٰ ہّٰلل ُ ِِّٰ ثُم َّ اَلۡحَمۡد ہّٰلل ُ فَالۡحَمۡد [So, praise be to Allah, again praise be to Allah], that I find your lordship to be a fulfilment of this. O respected brother! Very few religious leaders of this age are inclined toward this humble one and mischief is afoot in all directions. Prior to this, Ha j i Munsh i Ahmad J a n Ludhianvi, whom I love for the sake of Allah, who is the compiler of the book, T ibb-e-R uha n i [i. e. ‘Spiritual Medicine’], has, out of perfect love and sincerity, established a link of discipleship with me. Many of his unworthy follow- ers invented all manner of things to say about him as to what a man of such lofty saintliness and fame has gone and done. When he [ Hadrat Munsh i Ahmad J a n] came to know of this, he gathered his followers together for a meeting and informed them that the truth is that he had witnessed that thing [the truth] which they had not per- ceived. Thus, if they wished to sever themselves from him, then this would be just fine. He told them he himself did not care for such associations. Upon hearing these things from him, some of his pious followers started to weep, and such sincerity devel- oped as they did not possess before. When he met me, he informed me that this wonderful thing happened to him. That he had decided firmly that if they were to leave him, then he would also leave them; but what actu- ally occurred was the reverse, that they vowed that they