Truth About the Split — Page 237
237 Say, 'What cares my Lord for you, unless you prostrate yourselves humbly before Him. ' When these words came, I experienced a new illumination. I was convinced that my view of the question was the correct one, because in the verse the word Qul meaning Say signified that I was to speak these words to others, from which it followed that it was not me but those who held views contrary to mine with whom God was displeased. It was then that I rose and offered thanks to God. My heart was at ease, and 1 waited for the morning. It is common with Ahmadis that they get up some time during the latter part of the night to perform Tahajjud prayers. But this night was specially remarkable in this respect. Many there were who spent the whole of it in a vigil. As early as the time for Tahajjud prayers, most of them had assembled in the Masjid Mubarak to pray to God for guidance and help. On this occasion, so many and so moving were the prayers offered that I am sure they reached and must have moved the Divine Throne. Nothing was heard save the wailing and sobbing of supplicants. Every eye was turned to the Lord of the universe and to no one else. Every hope leaned on the Great God and on no one else. At last came the morning, and