Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page 336
BarĀhĪn-e-a H madiyya — Part Four 336 guidance. Their light illumines other hearts. As at the advent of spring there is an upsurge in the flourishing of vegetation, in the same way, at their advent, natural light increases in sound natures, and the heart of every fortunate one naturally desires to exert his utmost effort to bring into manifestation its capacities for good fortune, to be freed from the veils of heedlessness, and to be rescued from the stains of sin, disobedience, vice, and the darkness of ignorance and unawareness. Their blessed era possesses such a characteristic and there is such spread of light that every believer and seeker after truth, in proportion to his degree of faith, discovers an expansion and fondness within his soul for constancy in religion without any apparent cause and perceives an increase and strengthening of resolve. In short, every sincere person partakes of the delight from the delicate perfume which he acquires through the blessing of perfect obedience, proportionate to the degree of his sincerity. It is true, however, that those who are eternally unfor- tunate, partake none of it, but advance further in rancour, envy, and ill fortune, and thus fall into the nethermost hell. This is what is referred to when Allah the Almighty says: 1 َمَتَخ ُهّٰللا ىٰلَع ْمِهِبْوُلُق I reiterate this very discourse in other words to make it fully under- stood. Although the bounties that are received by the followers of the Holy Quran and the special gifts that are bestowed upon them are beyond the scope of any written or oral statement, some of these boun- ties are such magnificent blessings that, by way of illustration, it would be appropriate to mention them in detail for the guidance of seekers. Accordingly, they are given below. Of these are the knowledge and divine insights which are bestowed upon the perfect followers by the banquet of the graciousness of the Furq a n [Holy Quran]. When a person adopts true obedience to the 1. Allah has set a seal on their hearts ( S u rah al-Baqarah, 2:8). [Publisher]