Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 132
132 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 1 ٰى َم ْ ِع َ ا ِ ٍة َِرَ َخ ٰ ا اْلْ ِـي َف َ ْو ُ ِه َفَ ٰى َم ْ ِع َ ا ۤ ٗهٖ ِ ِّذ ٰ ْه ْ ي ِـ َف َنَ ْ َكَا ُن َمَ But whoso is blind in this world will be blind in the Hereafter. In other words, he who is blind in this world, will be blind in the next world as well. This sort of physical manifestation should not be cause for surprise and one ought to reflect as to how spiritual matters take on a physical form in dreams. The world of visions is even more astounding where, despite one’s physical senses being active and in a state of wakefulness, spiritual phenomena are seen in all sorts of physical forms with our physical eyes. For example, sometimes in a state of complete wakefulness, one is able to meet with souls that have passed on from this world, and they are seen as one would see them in this world, in their original body in worldly garments, wearing normal attire. These holy personages engage in conversation and on many occasions, with the permission of God, they even give news about the future, and this news turns out to be true. Sometimes, in a state of complete wakefulness, one is able to grasp from the realm of visions a pleasant drink or a fruit of some sort, which tastes delicious when consumed. In my own humble capacity, I have had all of these experiences. This is one of the most heightened forms of visions which can be experienced when a person is completely awake. From my own experience, I have witnessed that a delectable food or fruit of some sort or a pleasant drink appears before my eyes, and with a hidden hand it is repeatedly put to my mouth; and my tongue with its sense of taste is able to relish the flavour of that exquisite food. All the while, I continue speaking to the people around me and my apparent senses continue to function perfectly, as I go on drinking that sherbet or eating that fruit as well, all at the same time, while I am able to taste its flavour and sweetness in the most manifest of ways. In fact, the delight of which I speak is far more refined than the pleasures of this world. These are not hallucinations or figments of my imagination at all; it is a distinction of God that 2 ٌ ُم ِْيْ ُل َ ِع ٍ ٌق ْ ُل ََخ ِ ْل ُِكُ َب (He knows every kind of creation full well) and so in these experiences, He manifests a spectacle of His creation in a certain form. Therefore, such examples of creation and birth can be witnessed in this very world, and the godly have testified to these experiences in every age. So, why should a sensible person doubt the apparent form of creation and birth that will take place in the hereafter, or how one will behold the scale of their deeds, and see the bridge over which the people will pass into paradise? Similarly, many 1 Bani Isra’il , 17:73 2 Yasin , 36:80 p. 403