Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 85
Footnote Number Eleven 85 block his attention—sometimes the pleasures of this world come to his mind, sometimes the company of his close friends pulls at his cloak, and sometimes he is intimidated by the difficulties of this path. Sometimes old habits and prevailing customs become his stum- bling blocks and sometimes honour, fame, authority, or power try to obstruct him from this path. Sometimes all of these gather together like an army and pull him in their direction and present him with the excellences of their immediate benefits. Thus, their combined strength and thronging effect develop such force that one’s self-conceived ideas are unable to repulse them—indeed, they cannot withstand them for even one moment. On the occasion of such a battle, the powerful guns of God’s Word are needed to disperse the enemy lines by the firing of just a single shot. Can any task be accomplished one-sidedly; hence, how is it pos- sible that God should perpetually remain silent like a stone, while His servant continues to progress on his own in his loyalty, sincerity, and steadfastness; and only the notion that there must—after all—be a Creator of heaven and earth, grants him never-ending strength and draws him ever-forward in the fields of love? Ideas based on conjec- ture can never take the place of ideas based on facts, nor have they ever done so. For instance, suppose that a truthful wealthy person promises a poor debtor that he would pay off all of his debt when the payment is due, and there is another poor debtor who has been given no verbal promise by anyone but gives free rein to his imagination that perhaps he, too, would receive the necessary funds at the due time. Can these two be equal in their satisfaction? Certainly not! Certainly not! All of these are the very laws of nature. Which true verity lies out- side the laws of nature? But woe unto those people who, while claiming to abide by the laws of nature, violated them, ran over to the other side, and acted contrary to what they had affirmed. O Brahm u Sam a jists! Even if you cannot pay heartfelt attention to religious matters and even if you have no concern whatsoever for the life that is yet to come, has it not been proven to you with regard to worldly matters that reason