The Ocean of Light — Page 46
46 through the pledge of allegiance, spiritual wealth is inherited? Or that by pledging allegiance to you one becomes ready for the journey to the Hereafter like the righteous? Or that through this pledge God’s mercy is attracted and one becomes one of the righteous, putting on the garb of piety, and saving oneself from falling and slipping, setting aright all shortcomings in one’s actions, morals and beliefs, becoming free from the shackles and chains of the sensual self such that one may also be able to emancipate others? But if you have not been bestowed with any such quality or miraculous power and yet you claim to be true, then tell us what hidden power do you possess! Have you been granted a staff like that of Moses? Or have you been given the sign of blood for the ones who disobeyed? Or have you been granted the sign of the illuminated hand for all those who can see? Or have you been granted a miracle like the miracle of the Holy Quran? Or have you been granted eloquence like that of the