The Mirror of the Excellences of Islam — Page 544
AN ADDENDUM- MY LIFE, ANCESTORS, AND BRETHREN IN FAITH 543 a beautiful face in this world! The beauty and excellence reached their ultimate limits in his person in the same way that he is the Seal of all the Prophets (Prophethood reached its ultimate limits in his person). I saw a book in his hand which was, in fact, my book entitled Ä'īna [Kamālāt-e-Islām], written by me after Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya. The Holy Prophetsas had placed one of his blessed fingers where he had been praised, whereas the other finger where his Companions had been praised and these two places were his main focus. Further, he said with a smile on his face, هَذَا لِى وَهَذَا أَصْحَابِي ]This is in my praise and this is in praise of my Companions. ], while looking at these lines like a reader. Then, my attention was driven to the revelation in which Allah indicated to different places of Āʼīna [Kamālāt-e-Islām] and said هذا الشتاء لن ]This is My praise. ] On this point, I woke up and said, فالحمد لله رب العالمين So all praise belongs to Allah, Lord of all the worlds!'[ On another occasion, I saw in a vision as if I had been trans- formed into ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib and people were fighting with me con- cerning my Khilāfah. It seemed I was among them like the one who had been oppressed and disrespected. Moreover, he had been a victim of people's mistrust while he is completely innocent. At this moment, the Holy Prophetsas looked at me, while I was thinking that he is like my respected father to me and I am like a son to him and he is one of my respected forefathers. He addressed me in a very compassionate way and said يا علي دعهم وانصارهم وزراعتهم O Ali! Stay away from them, their helpers, and their harvest. Leave them and turn away from them']. Thus, I deduced that it was advice from the Holy Prophetsas for me to draw my attention away from these religious scholars and not to make a mention of them while turning my face away. That I should leave the idea and desire of reforming these anarchists for they will never accept the process of reformation. The time spent in advising them is tanta- mount to time wasted in vain. Hoping that they will accept the truth is like hoping to receive a gift from a miser.