Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part III — Page 206
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part three 206 honour God as He ought to be honoured. O Lord, reform the people of Muhammad]. If someone asks what would happen if the revelations of auliy a ’ were to be in conflict with the true Muhammadan Shariah, this would be like asking what would happen if revelations to two Prophets were to contradict one another. My response to all such doubts, as I have already said, is that it is impossible for the kind of perfectly enlightened revelation that I have described above to clash with the true Shariah of Muhammad saw. If some foolish one thinks otherwise, he has only his own understanding to blame. The second type of revelation, which, on account of its many won- ders, I call ‘perfect revelation’, is that when God Almighty desires to inform His servant of a hidden matter, either as a result of the prayers of His servant, or of His own volition; He causes him to sink into a kind of slumber whereby he loses all control over himself, like one who dives into the water and is completely submerged. When he emerges from this state, which is very similar to diving into water, he feels something like an echo inside him. When this echo recedes some- what, it leaves behind words that are harmonious, subtle, and sweet. This immersion into a state of slumber is a wonderful experience that cannot be described in words. In this state, an ocean of knowledge and understanding is opened to man, because, when man prays again and again, and God repeatedly puts him through this experience of immersion and slumber, and answers all his prayers with His subtle and sweet words—and in response to every entreaty, God discloses to him verities that are beyond human power to disclose—all this leads to greater understanding and perfect enlightenment. Man’s supplication and God’s response to it, through the manifestation of His Godhead, is an experience akin to the supplicant beholding God in this very world, and both worlds appearing equal to him without any distinction. In a time of need, a servant repeatedly supplicates to his Benevolent God seeking guidance about a difficulty that has arisen. Then after his