Star of the Empress — Page 10
10 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD word ‘Q adi ’ changed into ‘Q a d i ’ which later, turned into Qadian. Hence, the words Nazareth and Isl a mp u r Q adi are most meaningful names. One of them denotes spiritual verdure, while the other infers spiritual arbitration, which was the task of the Promised Messiah. Your Majesty, Empress of India, may God bless your life with honour and happiness. How blessed is your reign. The hand of God supports your objectives from Heaven. Angels are beautifying the pathways of your benevolence for your subjects and your good intention. The exquisite vapours of your justice are rising like clouds so that they might turn the entire country into the envy of springtime. Mischievous is such a person who does not value your reign and wretched is the one who is not grateful for your favours. Since it is a matter of certainty that there is affinity between hearts, I have no need to employ verbosity in order to express that I have sincere affection for you and in particular there is love and high regard for you in my heart. Our prayers for you continue night and day in the likeness of flowing water. We are not your subjects due to harsh political pressures. Rather, our hearts are drawn towards you because of your countless qualities. O auspicious Queen of India! Blessed be your greatness and good-name. God watches over the country that you oversee. The hand of God’s mercy rests upon the subjects of whom you are a guardian. Moved by your pure intentions, God has sent me so that I may once again establish the ways of virtue, pure morals and reconciliation. Your Majesty, Empress of India, I have been informed by God the Exalted that a fault exists in both Muslims and Christians, which has distanced them from true spiritual life. This fault does not allow the two of them to come together; on the contrary, it is creating mutual discord among them. The fault