The Ocean of Light — Page 77
77 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD AS and instead chose to quarrel, dispute and target me with arrows of reproach. Except for a few revered personages among them, they turned into beasts from the cattle they were before. I brought to them miracles and took the lectern of missionaries among them and gave them as much advice as I could. Before this, they would pray for the arrival of these days and would seek the heavenly kingdom so as to come under its shade. But when the truth arrived in their land and heavenly blessings descended upon their homes, due to the long period of waiting, their chests had grown constrained and their light had faded. Indeed, I found most of them to be interned in the dungeon of ignorance, away from the path of justice. They do not desire to be free from this dungeon and to adopt the straight path; rather, the door of this dungeon is crafted from the iron of prejudice, animosity and rejection. This is the very reason that they increasingly abuse me and cause me grief through their rage. Their