The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 119
EXTRAORDINARY RENOWN AND. DIVINE SUCCOUR من در حریم قدس چراغ صداقتم دستش محافظ است زہر باد صر صرم [Izāla-e-Auhām, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 3, p. 185]. Let it be known that Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya is my book that was published in 1880, or 1297 AH. At that time, as is apparent from the contents of the book, I lived in a state of obscurity and very few people even knew that I existed. I was alone and no one was acquainted with me. I lived a life of solitude and was quite happy and contented, when out of Divine favour, I had this sudden experience. One day, towards evening, in this very house and at the exact spot where I am now standing writing these lines, I was overcome by a slight slumber and received this Revelation from God: يَا أَحْمَدُ بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكَ مَا رَمَيْتَ إِذْ رَمَيْتَ وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ رَمَى الرَّحْمٰنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ لتُنذِرَ قَو ماما أُنذِرَ (بَاؤُهُمْ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلُ الْمُجْرِمِينَ قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ i. e. , O Aḥmad! God has blessed you. You did not shoot, when you shot, but Allāh shot. The Gracious. One taught you the Quran, revealing to you its true meaning, so that you might warn a people whose ancestors had not been warned, and so that the way of 34 I am the lamp of Truth, in the Chamber of Holiness,. His hand is my protector against every fierce and cold wind. 119 [Publisher]