Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 275
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 275 And just as the sperm ejaculates spontaneously, so do tears flow from the eyes of a person at the height of anguished prayer. And just as the pleasure of ejaculations is at times lawful when experienced with one’s wife, and at times unlawful when experienced with a prostitute, the same is the case with the state of anguish and fervour, which at times is only for the sake of the One and Peerless God, with no contami- nation of idolatry or innovation. This is lawful pleasure. But at times such pleasure is experienced in the passion and fervour of worship that has the element of innovations, creature worship, and the worship of idols and goddesses, and then it is like the pleasure experienced dur- ing intercourse with a prostitute. In short, mere crying, supplicating, fervour, and anguish and the pleasure derived therefrom do not nec- essarily mean a relationship with God, just like so many sperms that are wasted and the رحم [ ri h m —womb] does not accept them. Similar is the case with cries and supplications of many people. It only serves to destroy their eyesight, for the Merciful God does not accept such supplications. Thus, there is a manifestly clear similarity between the state of humility — which is the first stage of the spiritual being—and that of the sperm — which is the first stage of the physical being. I have described [this similarity] in detail. And this similarity is not a triv- ial matter, for the Eternal Creator—glory be to Him—has created this complete and perfect similarity by His express will; so much so that it is also written in the Book of Allah that both these pleasures will also be experienced in the next world, but in that world the similarity will have grown so much that they will virtually become one. In other words, when in the next world a man makes love to his wife, he will not be able to tell whether he makes love to his wife or is immersed in the boundless sea of the love of Allah. This state is experienced in this very world by those who become one with the Lord of Honour, but it is beyond the comprehension of worldly and the unenlightened people. Having explained how the first stage of the spiritual self has