Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 162
162 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad humility; and when the soul too proclaims the words uttered then that a pleasure, light and comfort is attained. the tongue. It is It is my desire to write about this in further detail. A person undergoes various stages before they become a human being, i. e. starting as far back as sperm; in fact, even before this there are the constituent elements of the sperm, such as its nutrients, as well as their layout and construction. Then, after the sperm develops through various stages, it transforms into a child; children grow into adults, who finally reach old age. Hence, one ought to accept that it is the providence of Allah Almighty which nurtures human life through all of these diverse stages at various times and this entire state of affairs ought to remain firmly rooted in one's mind. It is only then that a person can prove able to lay forth their own servitude in the presence of God's providence. In short, the fundamental point to note is that pleasure and delight in Prayer can only be derived when a relationship exists between man's servitude and God's providence. Until a person throws themselves before Allah Almighty, considering their own being to be nothing more than a complete non-entity or the like thereof-this being an inherent demand of divine providence—they cannot receive God's grace and light. However, when they do receive this blessing, they experience an intense pleasure, which cannot be matched by any other. True Prayer At this point, when a person's soul is humbled to the state of complete self- effacement, it begins to flow towards God in the form of a running spring and it becomes completely detached from all other relations beside Allah. At that time, the love of God Almighty descends upon such a person. At the time of this union, a unique condition is born through two surges of fervour: the fervour of providence surges forth from above and the fervour of man's servitude surges forth from below. This phenomenon is known as salat or Prayer. It is this very Prayer which incinerates evil, and leaves behind a divine light and brilliance in its stead, so that this may serve as a shining lamp for the seeker on their path in the face of dangers and perils; and so that it may show a seeker all the rubbish, debris, thorns and stones that may obstruct their way, thus safeguarding them. It Surely, Prayer restrains) إِنَّ الصَّلوةَ تَنْهَى عَنِ الْفَحْشَاءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ is in this state that the verse one from indecency and manifest evil) becomes applicable, because not in their 1 al-Ankabut, 29:46