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74 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad narrated by Hazrat Umar ra himself. He relates that: ‘While he was in prostration the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wept and cried so emotionally in his supplications that my body began to tremble. At one point, the Holy Prophet sa also made the following submission to God: ْ سَجَدَلَک َ رُوْحِی ْ وَجَنَانِی Meaning, O my Lord! My soul and my heart have fallen before You in prostra- tion. Hazrat Umar ra says: ‘As I heard these supplications, they pierced my heart. Ultimately, due to the awe-inspiring nature of the truth, my sword fell from my hand. I understood from this state of the Holy Prophet sa that he was truthful and that he would definitely succeed in his mission. But the self that incites to evil is a terrible thing. When the Holy Prophet sa had finished his Prayer and left, I began to pursue him. When he sensed the footsteps behind him, in the dark of night, the Holy Prophet sa inquired: ‘Who is there?’ ‘Umar,’ I responded. The Prophet sa said: ‘O Umar, you do not stop pursuing me at night, nor during the day. ’ It was at that moment that I began to sense the fragrance of the soul of Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and in my heart I felt that he would perhaps pray against me. I said: ‘Do not pray against me!’ Hazrat Umar ra relates: ‘This was the time, this was the hour that was reserved for my acceptance and so God enabled me and I became a Muslim. ’ Just reflect over the kind of sword that was hidden in these emotional entreat- ies and cries—a sword that was wielded against a man like Umar ra , who had come after settling a contract to kill the Holy Prophet sa —and which turned Umar ra into a martyr through its charm. This spiritual concentration of the Prophets and their tearful supplications command a sword that is far greater than metal swords and spears. Therefore, the life of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, in Mecca was an era in which his name Ahmad was manifested. As such, in Mecca the Holy Prophet sa carried himself in a manner that was espe- cially characteristic of a lover’s love for his Beloved. He mixed himself to dust and bore a thousand deaths. No one but Allah Almighty can know the extent of his passion, devotion, humility and tearful supplications. It was after these deaths that the Holy Prophet sa was granted a strength and life by which he was able to breathe life into thousands, rather, hundreds of thousands of the dead, and he was the one who brought together the whole of mankind; in fact, even today, through the power of his spiritual influence, he is giving life to tens of millions of p. 65