Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 271
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 271 their condition is extremely repugnant in the eyes of God, therefore, despite all their own type of ecstasy, dance, poetry, and music etc. , they remain totally deprived of establishing a relationship with the Merciful God. They are like the sperm which, on account of syphilis or leprosy becomes defective and unfit for the رحم [ ri h m —womb] to establish a link with it. Thus, the relationship with the رحم [ ri h m —womb] and رحیم [ Ra hi m —the Merciful God], or the absence of it, is due to the same cause, the difference has only to do with the disorders being physical or spiritual. Just as a sperm at times is not fit so that the رحم [ ri h m —womb] may establish a connection with it and draw it to itself on account of some inherent disorders, the same is true of the state of humility— which is equivalent to the state of the sperm—which, due to some inherent disorders of its own, such as pride, arrogance and ostentation, and other forms of misguidance or idolatry, becomes unworthy that God, the رحیم [ Ra hi m —Merciful]. God should establish a connection with it. In short, all the excellence of the first stage of spirituality—i. e. the state of humility—depends upon establishing a true link with the Merciful God, in the same way as all the excellence of the sperm depends on its developing an association with the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. Thus, if the state of humility is not really linked with God, the رحیم [ Ra hi m —Merciful] and no true relationship with Him can develop, then that state is akin to the impure sperm that can never develop a real connection with the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. Remember that if a person at one time happens to experience true immersion and fervour and pleasure in Prayer and remembrance of Allah, it does not prove that he has a true relationship with God, the رحیم [ Ra hi m —Merciful], just as the sperm may enter the woman’s body and pleasure may be experienced, but it does not necessarily mean that the sperm has become linked to the رحم [ ri h m —womb], for there is a whole separate set of signs and indications that would prove the link. Thus, the passion and fervour one experiences in the remembrance of God Almighty—which is known as the state of humility—is akin to the state