Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 153
C H AP T E R T WO — FU L F IL M E N T OF PR OPHE C IE S 153 of fire; it burns like fire and emanates light like fire. So, the reality of the love of God is exactly the same, that one becomes coloured in that colour. Had Islam been incapable of helping to attain this real experi- ence, it would not have been worth anything, but Islam does help to attain that reality. Man must first become firm like iron in constancy and strength of faith; for, if faith were like weeds and discarded shav- ings of wood, the fire would consume it with the slightest touch; how then could he exhibit the quality of fire? It is a pity that some ignorant people—failing to realize the relationship between man, the servant, and God, the Lord, which enables the reflection of divine attributes within man—have found fault with this revela tion of mine; namely: اِنَّما امرك اذا اردت َ شیئًا ان تقول لہ كُن ْ فیكون. Meaning: ‘As for you, when you say concerning a thing, “Be!” then it happens. ’ This is Almighty God’s Word that descended upon me; it is not mine, and it is not from me and it is supported by the experience of great mystics of Islam. For example, Sayyed ‘Abdul-Q a dir J i l a n i ra has written the very same thing in his Fut uh ul-Ghaib, and what is even more wonderful is that Sayyed ‘Abdul-Q a dir J i l a n i ra has put forward the exact same verse. Alas, people are content with just a superficial faith; seeking full cognizance—according to them—is heresy, and they imagine what they have is sufficient for them, whereas it amounts to nothing, and they deny the possibility of anyone experiencing real and certain communion with God after the Messenger of Allah, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. They do, however, think that hearts can be inspired, but they are not sure whether that inspiration is from Satan or God; and they do not know of what use such inspira- tion is for the state of one’s faith, nor what progress or advancement it can bring. Such an inspiration is indeed a severe trial which might lead to sin or forfeiture of faith itself; for, if, in such a doubtful revelation about which one does not know whether it is from Satan or God, one is ordered to do a certain act, and if one fails to do that act thinking that