Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 155
THE REN AISSANCE OF ISLAM 155 sent down His revelation to me, Who has shown mighty signs in my support, and Who has sent me as the Promised Messiah for this age. There is no god beside Him, neither in heaven, nor in earth. He who does not believe in Him is bereft of all good fortune and is caught in humiliation. I have received God's revelation which is as bright as the sun. I have seen that He is the God of the world and that there is none other. How Mighty and Self-Supporting is the God Whom we have found! How great are the powers that belong to Him! The truth is that nothing is beyond Him except that which is contrary to His books and His promise. Therefore, when you pray do not be like those ignorant ones who pretend to follow nature and have devised a natural law which does not bear the seal of God's Book. They are the rejected ones whose prayers will not be heard. They are blind and not seeing, they are dead and not alive. They present to God their self-devised law and presume to limit His limitless powers and deem Him weak. So he will treat them accordingly. But when you stand up in Prayer, you should have full faith that your God has power to do all that He wills. Your Prayer will then be accepted and you will experience the wonders of the powers 6f God which I have experienced. My testimony is by seeing and not as a tale (Kashti Nuh J pp. 26-9]. If you become God's then be sure that God is yours. You will be asleep and God Almighty will keep awake for you. You will be heedless of the enemy and God will watch him and will frustrate his designs. You still do not know the extent of God's powers. Had you known you would not have sorrowed after the world on any day. Does he who owns a treasure weoep and cry and become sorrowful unto death by losing a penny? Had you been aware of the treasure that at every time of need God would do the needful, you would not have been so restless after the world. God is a dear treasure, then value Him accordingly, For He is your Helper at every step; without Him you are nothing, nor do your resources and your devices amount to anything. Do not follow other people for they have become wholly dependent upon means. I do not forbid you to employ means within reason, but I do forbid you to become slaves of means like other people and to forget God, Who provides the means also. Had you possessed true insight, you would have seen that God is everything and all else is nothing. You can neither stretch forth your hand, nor hold it back, but only under His command. A dead one might laugh at this, but had he