The Descent of the Messiah — Page 157
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS خاک شد تا مگر شود خوش یار رست آن کس که رست زین مردار He is free who is released from this self; for he became dust so that the Friend would be pleased with him. کس به کار رهش زبان نکند لطف او ترک طالبان نکند God's grace always remains with His seekers; no harm comes to them on His path. نکته ای هست گر کسی داند هر که از خود شد ایزدش خواند Whoever separates himself from himself, God calls him toward Himself; this is worth noting if one can only understand. The long and short of this discourse is that, having come into this abode of darkness, man can never attain salvation unless he is personally honoured by Divine converse or finds the com- panionship of someone who has received certain revelation and witnessed clear signs, and thus arrives at the categorical knowl- edge that he has a God Who is All-Powerful, Benevolent, and Ever Merciful; that Islam, on which he stands steadfast, is in fact true; and that the Resurrection and Heaven and Hell are realities. Even though all Muslims believe in the existence of God and the truth of the [Holy] Prophet on the basis of tradition and stories, their faith does not have any true foundation. It is not possible to demonstrate the signs of true conviction and to hate sin on the basis of such feeble faith because thirteen hundred years have 157