The Honour of Prophets — Page 30
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 30 alone from among men is perfectly sinless who draws divine power to himself through istighfar and occupies himself without fail in passionate and humble prayers so that light continues to descend upon him. Such a heart resembles the house whose doors open to the East and to the West and every other direction, and faces the sun from every aspect so that the sun illuminates it at all times. However, a person who does not seek strength from God is like the cell whose doors are shut on all sides, so that not a ray of light may creep into it. Now, what is istighfar ? If likened to a thing, it is the instrument through which power is obtained. The entire secret of God’s Oneness lies in the principle that the attribute of sinlesness be not regarded as the perma nent possession of man, but that God be deemed the sole fountain from which it may be attained. By way of illustration it may be understood that God Almighty resembles the heart which houses a store of pure blood and the istighfar of a perfect man are like the veins and arteries which are connected with the heart and draw pure blood from it, conveying it to the limbs that stand in need.