Testimony of the Holy Quran — Page 27
H A D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD A S 27 thousand months. Therein descend angels and the Holy Spirit, by the command of their Lord. It is the time of peace with regard to every matter till the rising of the dawn. Whereas, according to the prevailing doctrine of Muslims, the Night of Destiny is the name of a blessed night, yet that reality which God Almighty has revealed to me is that, in addition to the conventional meaning, the Night of Destiny is also the age when darkness spreads all over the world and there is darkness upon darkness everywhere. And that darkness itself requires that a light should descend from heaven. At that time, God Almighty causes His light-bearing angels and the Holy Spirit to descend to the earth in a manner that is consistent with their grandeur. The Holy Spirit then establishes a relationship with that Mujaddid and Reformer who, having been chosen and purified by God, is commissioned to invite people to the truth. The angels, too, grasp a relationship with all pious, righteous, and eager people and draw them towards virtue and place righteous abilities before them. Then peace and blessings spread in the world, and so it continues until faith reaches the perfection destined for it. It is noteworthy that God says clearly and categorically in this blessed s u rah that when a reformer comes from God, the angels that are responsible for awakening the hearts do certainly descend on the earth. As a consequence of their descent, an awakening and movement towards piety and the seeking of the right path takes place in the hearts. To think that this awakening and stirring happens by itself, without the advent of a reformer, goes against the holy Word of God Almighty and His eternal law of nature. Such objections issue from the mouths of only those who are utterly ignorant of