Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 78
78 I have a friend whose love has pervaded my whqlef my heart. * ; I have vowed a solemn vow that I will never, quit His side even if lions and wolves may tear me to pieces. Other people's glory departs with their breath, but the glory which love brings is everlasting. They abused me and I do not know why ; shall I ever desert my friend and act against His will. In this way I became wholly God's and cut of all connections 'with the world and its people, and had very little to do with its concerns. I remember that I was quite young when I felt -myself 'powerfully attracted towards my Lord and there dawned upon me the dim conciousness of a future when God would use me as His instrument in carrying out one of His great plans. I was like gold hidden in dust which was to display its brightness, at last. In my 'youth when my father saw that I was slow in the business of the world and was always devoted to religion, he was much ill at ease and tried his Lest to persuade me to climb the heights of worldly greatness, and gain wealth like my forefathers. But he little -knew that God had another sort of greatness in store for me. He illumined me when the world was immersed in cimmerian darkness, and made rne a beacon of light to give light to the whole world, and by His grace He made me the v Promised Messiah. Then He helped me in various ways- He manifested Himself to me and eclipsed the sun and the moon to