The Victory of Islam — Page 30
30 Who enters within me? Only he who shuns evil and embraces good and abandons crookedness, treads upon the right path and breaks free from the servitude of Satan, and becomes an obedi - ent servant of God Almighty. Everyone who does so is within me and I am within him, but the only one capable of doing so is the one whom God Almighty places under the shade of a soul that purifies. Then, when he [the Purifying Soul] places his foot into the hell of the individual’s carnal self, it becomes so cool as if there had never been any fire in it. Thereupon, he advances fur - ther and further until the Spirit of God Almighty dwells within him, and the Lord of all the worlds descends upon his heart with a special manifestation. At that point—his previous human nature having been consumed by fire—he is granted a new and pure human nature. Even God Almighty—having become a ‘new’ God—forges a bond with him in a new and distinct man - ner, and he receives all the pure provisions of the heavenly life in this very world. At this juncture, I cannot proceed without mentioning and expressing gratitude for the fact that the grace and bounty of God Almighty has not left me alone. Those who build the bond of brotherhood with me and enter this movement, which God Almighty has established with His own hand, are adorned with the hues of love and loyalty in a wonderful manner. It was not through any effort of mine, but out of His own special favour that God Almighty gifted me these souls brimming with sincerity. First of all, I find a fervent desire in my heart to mention a spiritual brother of mine whose name—like the n u r [light] of his sincerity—is N oo r-ud-D ee n [i. e. ‘the Light of the Faith’]. I gaze constantly with intense longing upon the various