Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 115
115 Such is my condition with regard to the Divine revelation- The Word of God with which I was and am favored, is my spiritual mother from which I took my birth. It gave me a new life which I did not possess before, and it breathed into me a soul which I had not first, I grew up in its bosom 1 like a child. It took a tender care of me ; it supported me when I would have stumbled, and held me up wben my foot was about to slip. It went before me like a light until I reached tbe goal. My heart cannot conceive a greater villainy than that I should entertain the least doubt as to the Divine origin of this revelation. I believe it to be the Word of God in the same manner as I believe that I speak with my tongue and hear with rny ears. . What ! should I deny it and it showed me God, made me drink of the sweet fountain of know- ledge, and refreshed rne with a cool and fresh breeze in times of suffocation? It came upon me in languages quite unknown to me, as English, Sanskrit and Hebrew. It proved itself to be Word of God by majestic prophecies and grand heavenly signs. It laid open before me a treasure of fine truths and carried me to regions of knowledge which were terra incognita to me and my people. I flew on its wings until I reached the goal. It was revealed to me sometimes in words which were quite unknown to me whether belonging to the Arabic, English or any other language. Do these shining proofs still leave the matter in doubt ? Is it fair to evade these important points? The Word which has been revealed to me has shown the power of a miracle and proved its mighty magnetism. It has not kept back the unseen but revealed to me the deep secrets of the future thousands of times. With a secret noose it drew me to itself while it threw another noose on capable and obedient hearts and brought them to me. It gave them eyes with which they began to see ; and it gave them ears with which they began to