The Honour of Prophets — Page 18
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 18 every breath of his life and even his death had become wholly God’s, and that ego, other creation and worldly means had no part in his being. His soul had fallen at the threshold of God so sincerely that not the slightest adulteration of anything other than God could be found in it. In this way, the Prophet fulfilled one of the two conditions which are essential for an intercessor. And the last part of the verse mentioned above is: “My life and my death are for God who is the Sustainer of all the worlds”. This explains that the sacrifice of the Prophet is also for the good of the whole world. Similarly, the second qualification for intercession is compassion for mankind. As such, we have just mentioned that in the verse: ى ّٰ فَتَدَل ى ٰ دَن , the latter word, tadalla ( تَدَلّٰی ), refers to this very compassion. Bear in mind that the triliteral root word of tadalla is dalwun ( ٌ دَلْو ), which means to let the bucket into a well so that it may be filled with water. The word dalwun also means to take someone as an intercessor. And so, the meaning of tadalla here is to be moved to intercede with the utmost compassion and sympathy for a people who languish far off, and to draw extremely near to them so as to carry away their sullied water and to grant them pure water. As the love of God and attaining a high station of nearness to Him is a matter of which others cannot be