Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 112
112 It should also be borne in mind that any misdoubt or in- credulity regarding the revelation of God which is granted to me, is absurd and fantastical. It is nonsensical to say that this may be no revelation at all but simply a delusion. Almighty God is not weak in the manifestations of His power. He adopts such supernatural methods to make the matter certain that a man recognises the Word of God as clearly as he sees the sun. Do the modern sceptics think that God had the power to take seekers after truth to the fountain of certainty through revelation from Adam down to our own Holy Prophet by the manifestations of His mighty hand but that now He is destitute of His power, or having that power has intentionally withheld this gracious gift from this unfortunate generation and forgotten the prayer which He had Himself tauht in. the Fatiha : "0 God! guide us in the right path, the path of those upon whom have been Thy favors and blessings, thus making us their heirs. " To the question often put forward by sceptics "How are you \. certain that the words put in your. mouth are really and actually the Words of God, and how do you know that they are not delusions or Satanic suggestions?" I give the following answer: The word which is revealed to me comes with a majesty/ affords a bliss to, and makes an impression upon, my soul. It enter into my heart with the firmness of a nail of iron and dispels every darkness. With its entrance, I feel an unalloyed bliss ; ah ! that I had the power to describe it. But every enjoy- ment whether spiritual or physical cannot be adequately described in words and represented exactly as one feels it. A person sees a beloved object and is enchanted with its beauty but he cannot describe the pleasure which he derives from the sight. In like