Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 283
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 283 with wonder how true our God is. . . . On listening to the suppli- cation that the Promised Messiah had made in his poem, I realized that God Almighty had heard his prayers. When these supplica- tions were made, I was not able to decipher even elementary Readers of English, but such is the grace of God Almighty that today I can read and understand the most difficult English book on any subject whatever. Though I cannot write English, yet I can appraise intelligently the compositions of graduates and Masters. I was taken through the Holy Quran and Bokhari by Hazrat Khali- fatuI Masih I, who helped me to reflect myself on their meaning in consequence of which I have been bestowed an unlimited treasure. God Almighty has so instructed me in these matters that I can affirm without pride that my mind is never overcome by reading any book or any commentary, as I realize that whatever I have been bestowed by the grace of God Almighty was not granted to the authors of those books and commentaries. . . . It is the grace and bounty of God Almighty that hearing the supplications of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, He has taught me a principle through which I am bestowed divine help on all occasions. I have always said that I am an instrument in the hands of God and that I have never felt that He has withheld from me that of which I was in need. The Promised Messiah supplicated that God may remove all darkness from me. My opponents attacked me time after time and proclaimed that they would wipe out the Khilafat. This was the darkness that God Almighty removed and the constraint that I had felt with regard to this celebration was removed by listening to this poem and I felt that the fulfilment of the prophecy of the Promised messiah was being proclaimed. My opponents had said that they would persuade the Community to turn away from me, but God Almighty said that He would bring more and more people into the Community. When He desires to manifest His light no darkness can withstand it. Thus, -my heart was comforted about this celeb- ration. Otherwise, I was somewhat ashamed that this celebration should be attributed to me. But all that we undertake is for the sake of God Almighty and as His words are being fulfilled through this celebration, I see no harm in it. All this is the doing of God Almighty. If He had not done it neither you nor I had the power to do it. Nothing has been achieved through my knowledge or through your sacrifices. Whatever has been achieved has been brought about by the grace of God. We are happy that God