Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 319
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 319 a state of humility is created in him that eliminates his attitude of arro- gance, rebelliousness, and heedlessness, thereby breaking his bond of love with them. It is something that is seen in the world all the time and it is observed that when the whip of the awe of God strikes in the form of some terrible calamity, it bends the necks of even the most wicked, awakens them from the slumber of heedlessness, and makes them humble and meek. This is the first stage of turning to God which is attained by a man of righteous disposition through observing the grandeur and awe of God or through some other means. Although he earlier loved his heedless and unrestrained life, he has to give it up perforce when the opposing influence creates a greater impact than the earlier influence. Then the second condition after it is that, though such a believer does turn towards God Almighty in some measure, this orientation is still defiled by the impurity of vain talk, vain actions, and vain pursuits that he has love and affinity for. Of course, he sometimes manifests humility in prayer but vain pursuits continue to preoccupy him. Vain affiliation and vain association and vain indulgences continue to hang around his neck as if he has a dual nature oscillating between the two. ولجہ رب رحماب و ربنم ےم دننك ی ک اں واعظ ےم دننك ز ی ل�وت ےم رودن آن اكر ِ د� � ب� � وچں On the pulpit the preachers put up a great show; In private, they act quite differently. Thereafter, as divine favour wills not to let him be ruined, another man- ifestation of divine grandeur, awe, and power descends upon his heart, which is more intense than the first manifestation. The strength of his faith is enhanced by it. Striking the heart of the believer, it consumes all his vain thoughts and tendencies in an instant. And this manifestation of divine grandeur and majesty generates in his heart such love for the Lord of Honour as overcomes his love for vain pursuits and preoccu- pations and, having repelled them, it occupies the space they held. It