Malfuzat – Volume III — Page 136
136 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad My Honourable Respected Sheikh Sahib, Greetings, Please forgive my insolence. I had to leave Qadian suddenly due to certain circumstances. I shall now reflect over the manner in which I intend to spend my life for the sake of the hereafter. I feel a pain for having been sepa- rated from your community. I am extremely grateful for the affection of His Holiness. I feel an immense sense of gratitude for the spiritual gift that I have been given and for all that was unveiled to me. However, it is most unfortunate that the world is full of the deepest darkness, and I stumble at every step. Without righteous com- pany it is very difficult for me to maintain my spirituality. I firmly believe, without a doubt, that His Holiness is an excellent example for seekers of spiritual grace, and it is imperative that one constantly remains in his company. The state of the world is that while people throw pearls into the mud, they gather cowries, and they will throw dust on the heads of those who endeavour to safeguard those pearls. Alas! The people have afforded cowries the value of pearls. I am deeply concerned. Alas! What shall I do? Where shall I go? I am in a terrible state. My respects to your entire com- munity. Please pay my respects to His Holiness especially, and request him and the entire community to pray for me. Yours Truly, Wazir Singh This letter was read out to His Holiness and the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, instructed the Editor of Al-Hakam to write the following response: “Until a person remains in my company with patience and persistence, they cannot attain any real benefit. You should come here and stay with us for some time. ” 1 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 14, dated 17 April 1901, pp. 11-12 p. 122