Why Islam is my choice — Page 56
56 I felt as if hundreds of pounds of weight had come off my shoulders. Seeking hereby the help and mercy of All ā h, I do not wish to feel that burden ever again. May All ā h continue to guide me in the right direction. Amen. From All ā h do we come, and to Him shall be the return. I love reading the Holy Qur’ ā n, the Ḥ ad ī th and Sunnah and the books of Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, the Promised Messiah, peace be on him. I had read some of these books before Isl ā m but the same words touch me in a different way now. Through these words, I experience a spiritual relationship with my Lord. It is a different experience altogether. No pleasure can be more than the pleasure of seeking nearness to All ā h. I listen to the Friday sermons of Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā ā hir A ḥ mad, Fourth Successor to the Promised Messiah, very intently and find pearls and gems of wisdom in there. After the Bai‘at, on my request, the Khal ī fatul-Mas īḥ very affectionately gave me the name Raf ī q A ḥ mad of which I am very humbly proud of. In the end, I pray for those who are still deprived of this great reward that All ā h show all of them this True path of His and enable them to join the A ḥ madiyyah Muslim Jam ā ‘at soon. Amen. I also request all my brothers to kindly pray for me that All ā h keep me steadfast in His way and that no hardship, howsoever big it may be, deter me from All ā h. Amen. Edited from Al-Na ḥ l, Winter 1994-95.