Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 277
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 277 stage the sperm has not acquired much of purity. It merely turned into an عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah —clot] of blood that was saved from going to waste on account of being linked to the رحم [ ri h m —womb]. And as it would otherwise have spread and spilled out in an unseemly manner and des- ecrated one’s clothes, now, on account of its link, it has been saved from being wasted. But it is still only an عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah —clot] of blood and not free from contamination of subtle impurities. Had it not become linked to the رحم [ ri h m —womb], it was likely that it would not have been able to stay therein, even if it had entered the woman’s body, and would have just flowed out. But the power of the رحم [ ri h m —womb] held on to it and turned it into something like a clot of blood. And then, as I have said, it came to be called عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah—‘ clot’] on account of that link—a link that had hitherto been missing. It is this that saved it from being wasted, and it is on this account that the fluid shed its watery form and became somewhat thicker. Corresponding to this عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah— clot], which is the second stage of the physical being, is the second stage of the spiritual being which I have mentioned above and of which is indicated by the follow- ing Quranic verse: َو َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه ِنَع ِوْغَّللا َنْوُضِرْعُم Meaning that, the emancipated believers are those people who shun vain actions, vain talk, vain behaviour, vain assemblies, vain company, vain relationships, and vain passions, and their faith rises to a level that it becomes easy for them to achieve that much. For, on account of the strengthening of their faith they do establish a certain link with the Merciful God, in the same way as the sperm, when it turns into an عَلَقَة [ ‘alaqah —clot], becomes linked to the رحم [ ri h m —womb] and is saved from spilling out in vain or being wasted; otherwise, َ مَاشَآء َّ ّٰ اِل الل [except as God wills]. Thus, in this second stage of the spiritual being, the relationship with the Gracious God is exactly similar to the