Tadhkirah — Page 74
74 about certain people were not acceptable in divine estimation, whereupon I received the revelation: 93 … I did not deem it proper to disclose this to you at that time but have tried hard that Allah the Noble may clear the condition of your mind. I would not be surprised that you might be affected again with similar constraints. When a person enters a new dwelling it is natural that he is pleased with some of its features and is not pleased with others. It would therefore be appropriate that you should supplicate that God might confirm your affection for me. You should not let yourself be influenced by any new development so that your affection for me might reach its climax. This humble one occupies a position in the estimation of Allah which is very far from worldly relationships and so far my soul responds to every companion with. 94 [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 1, p. 15, Letter no. 9, addressed to M i r ‘Abb a s ‘Al i of Ludhiana] Promised Messiah as warned him about the coming trials. The words of the letter are: May Allah support you and safeguard you against everything disagreeable. The establishing of a relationship with me is subject to a degree of trial which you cannot escape. [Makt u b a t-e-Ahmadiyyah, vol. 1, p. 65, Letter no. 34, addressed to M i r ‘Abb a s ‘Al i ] 93 [Arabic] Tell them: Put forward your arguments if you are truthful. [Publishers] 94 You cannot keep company with me in patience. And how can you be patient about things the knowledge of which you comprehend not? ( al-Kahf , 18:68–69) [Publishers]