Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 88
88 doubt, exists as he has described it, but that he is sorry that he is not aware of its exact situation, nor does he know how it might be reached; that he had read of it in a book which he had discovered in his father’s library, and he could not endure that others should remain ignorant of it. There can be no doubt as to what would be thought of such a man. Yet there are people who daily mock us in this manner and nobody questions them why they do so. They call men to God but those who come at their call find nothing, only their longing and uneasiness are intensified. Has anybody ever heard of people falling in love with an imaginary beauty, whom nobody has ever seen? Love is excited by the sight of beauty and not by merely hearing of it. How can a man then feel the love which he is expected to have for God, without having seen Him? Love is the melting of the heart, and how can the heart melt when no heat is applied to it? Let men first perceive the glorious face of the Beloved, and bask in its sunshine, so that their hearts may be melted and be filled with love. No religion can create in the hearts of its followers true love for God unless it opens the door to His meeting. Look around and see how many people love God in their hearts. Surely not ten in a hundred thousand; and even these only imagine that they love God. They merely follow ancient customs and go on treading the path which their ancestors once trod. The world is plunged in darkness. Nobody is willing to sacrifice anything for God. Sacrifices made in the name of relig- ion are prompted mostly by patriotism or nationalism.