Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part V — Page 389
APPE N DI X to B AR Ā H Ī N-E-A H M ADIY YA — PART F IV E 389 country and move to Makkah or Mad i nah or Constantinople, all these countries are of your religion and disposition, but if I were to go there, I realize that all of them are like beasts to me with exceptions, as Allah may desire. In these circumstances, it is obvious that it is Almighty God’s favour upon me that He has raised me under a government that does not believe in persecution and provides security to its citizens. Notwithstanding this, however, I put all my trust in only One Being, and I am cognisant that it is of His hidden interventions that He has caused this government to be benign towards me, and did not allow the schemes of mischievous reporters to come to fruition. And I do hope that till the time I leave this world, I will not have to depend on anyone other than my True Master, and He will keep me in His protection from every enemy. ٰخرۃ وھو نعم المولٰی ونعم ل رًا وباطنًا ھو ولی ّ فی الدّنیا وا ھ فَالحمد لل ّٰ اوّل ً واٰخرًا وظا النّصیر. [So, praised be Allah—the First and the Last, the Manifest and the Hidden—He is the Protector here and in the Hereafter—and He is the Best Guardian, and the Best Helper]. I trust that He will help me and will never ever let me be wasted. Even if the whole world were to become worse than beasts in their animos- ity towards me, He will still support me. I will not descend into my grave as a failure at all, for my God is with me at every step, and I am with Him. No one knows my inner self as is known to Him. Even if all were to abandon me, God would raise another people who would be my companions. The foolish opponent imagines that this affair will be damaged on account of his schemes and machinations and the Movement will disintegrate, but little does the fool know that the earth has no power to efface what has been decreed in heaven. The earth and heaven tremble before my Lord. God is He who sends down His holy revelation on me and informs