The Descent of the Messiah — Page 87
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS living God are evident. Dead is the religion in which unambig- uous revelation does not continue forever, for it closes the path of conviction upon people and leaves them at the mercy of sto- ries and tales, causes them to lose hope in God, and abandons them in darkness. How can a religion demonstrate God and how can it rid one of sins if it does not have the means to bring about certainty? How, indeed, can the day dawn if the sun does not rise? Therefore, the only true religion in the world is the one that shows the path of certainty through living signs. The rest have all fallen into hell in this very life. Tell me, is conjecture of any avail, whereby something may be true or it may be false? Re- member, it is not possible to eradicate sin without certainty. It is not possible to live the life of angels without certainty. It is not possible to shun the pleasures of the world without certainty. It is not possible to undergo a holy change and to be drawn toward God in an extraordinary manner without certainty. To leave the earth and ascend to heaven is never possible without certainty. Perfect fear of God is not possible without certainty. Without certainty, walking the subtle paths of righteousness and puri- fying one's conduct of all traces of ostentation is not possible. Similarly, without certainty, it is impossible to renounce the al- lure of worldly riches and honours, to disregard the proximity of kings, and to truly believe in God as one's sole treasure. Now, tell me, O, you who call yourselves Muslims, how can you reach the light of certainty from the darkness of doubt? The path to certainty is the Word of God, which is the manifestation of the verse: يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِّنَ الظُّلُمَتِ إِلَى النُّوْرِ 1 "He brings them out of every kind of darkness into light. " Al-Baqarah, 2:258 [Publisher] 87