The Ocean of Light — Page 95
95 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS wounds such as can be cured. Their nights are filled with wine and music, and their days are spent playing backgammon games and gambling. On top of this, every one of them desires that people should be overawed by him and that he should be seen to be victorious in the field of battle. You will find them lusting after the sensual objects of this world and its pleasures, and engrossed in its vain pursuits and ignorance. They do not give up their goblets of wine, nor the filth of their cronies. They cannot bear to hear even a single word of advice or exhortation; they are hindered by their honour and flare up with anger and indignation. The most honourable to them is the one who portrays them and their condition in the most beguiling terms and praises their actions. They ascend the throne at a young age, when they have just passed adolescence, so their sensual desires and their cronies pull them towards the paths of destruction. They do not know how to solve people’s problems and manage