Tadhkirah — Page 418
418 would happen, nor of any particular person who would achieve such success and express such delight. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 5, part 1, p. 20, Letter dated October 3, 1898, addressed to Seth ‘Abdur-Ra h m a n of Madras] September 26, 1898 Last night I saw that I drank a large cup of sherbet of the utmost sweetness which I could scarcely endure. Nevertheless, I went on drinking it despite the feeling that I was inclined towards diabetes and should not drink anything so sweet in such abundance. Yet I finished the whole of it. Sherbet means success and this was an indication of the success of Islam and my Jam a ‘at. [al- H akam, vol. 2, no. 28, 29, September 20, 27, 1898, p. 3] 1898 I am the spiritual leader of the age and God is my support. He stands for me like a sharp sword. I have been informed that: Whoever opposes me out of wickedness will be humiliated and frustrated. Bear witness that I have conveyed to you that with which I am charged. [ D a rur atul-Im a m , p. 26, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, p. 497] 1898 God has…informed me repeatedly through revelation that: In this age no one’s insight about God, nor anyone’s love of God, comes up to my insight of God and my love of God. [ D a rur atul-Im a m p. 51, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 13, p. 502]