Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 217
Footnote Number Eleven 217 some degree, the light of the most special grace in this very world. This grace is the most special of all graces and is the culmination of all graces. Its recipient arrives at the greatest bliss and achieves ever- lasting prosperity, which is the fountainhead of all happiness, and he who remains deprived of this [grace] would live in everlasting hell. By virtue of this grace, Allah the Almighty has mentioned His name as ن ی وم الد ی مٰلك [ M a liku-Yaumid-D i n —‘Master of the Day of Judgment’] in the Holy Quran. By placing ال [ al —i. e. ‘the’] before the word دین [ D i n— i. e. ‘Day’], the purpose is to convey the meaning that the recom- pense referred to here is the perfect recompense, the details of which are given in the Glorious Furq a n [Quran]. That perfect recompense cannot take place without the manifestation of complete divine mas- tership, which is contingent upon the demolition of the foundation of [material] means. Accordingly, the same is also referred to at another place where it is said: 1. ِنَمِل ُكْلُمْلا َمْوَيْلا١ؕ ِهّٰلِل ِدِحاَوْلا ِراَّهَقْلا This means that, on that day, God’s rub u biyyat will manifest itself without the intervention of the usual [material] means and it will be observed and felt that everything is non-existent except the supreme power and perfect omnipotence of the Exalted Maker. Then all com- fort and joy, and all reward and punishment will appear clearly as com- ing directly from God alone, and there will be no covering and veil in between and there will be no room left for any doubt. At that time, those who had cut themselves asunder from others for His sake will find themselves in a state of perfect bliss which will envelop their bod- ies and souls, their outside and inside, and there will remain no part of their beings which will remain deprived of this great good fortune. Moreover, the phrase ن ی وم الد ی مٰلك [ M a liku-Yaumid-D i n ] also indi- cates here that whatever comfort or suffering and pleasure or pain is 1. S u rah al-Mu’min, 40:17 [Publisher]