The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 132
132 Essence of Islam-V who has eyes see whether this is the work of God or of man! [Tiryāq-ul-Qulüb, Rūķānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, pp 451-464] Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, which was distributed twenty-five years ago in all countries, and was sent to all parts of the Punjab, India, Arabia, Syria, Kabul and Bukhāra, and to all Islamic countries, contains the prophecy: رَبِّ لَا تَذَرُنِي فَرُدًا وَّأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الْوَارِثِينَ This Divine revelation contains this prayer on my be- half: O, my Lord! leave me not alone as I am now, and You are the Best of inheritors. True, I have chil- dren and father and a brother, but in the spiritual sense I am alone, and I seek from You such people who may become my spiritual heirs. This prayer con- tained a prophecy about the future, when God Almighty would grant me a community that would have a spiritual relationship with me and would re- pent at my hand. God be thanked that this prophecy has been so clearly fulfilled. Thousands of pious peo- ple have entered into Bai'at at my hand from the Punjab and other parts of India. Similarly, a large number of people have pledged allegiance to me from the dominion of the Amir of Kabul. It is enough for me that thousands of people have repented of all kinds of sins at my hand. The transformation that I have seen among thousands of people, after they have pledged Bai'at to me, cannot come about except through the Hand of God. I can declare on oath that thousands of my true and faithful followers have at- tained such pure transformation that each one of them