Gems of the Promised Messiah & Imam Mahdi (as) – The Company of the Righteous
The magnificent means by which shining certainty and insightful faith in God Almighty can be attained is none other than for one to remain in the company of such people who furnish living testimony in favour of the existence of God Almighty – those who have heard from Him directly that He is an Omnipotent God, the Knower of the Unseen and the Possessor of all perfect attributes.
In the beginning, when a person sits in the company of such people, their words seem rather peculiar and strange, and very little penetrates the heart, even though the heart is naturally inclined to them. The reason for this is because a war ensues between the person’s inner filth and impurities and the divine insights presented before them. The words of a Truthful one seek to remove and burn to ashes the dust and impurity that covers a person’s heart, so that it develops the power of certainty. For example, when someone is given a laxative, upon entering the stomach, it causes a grumble and expels all the harmful and impure elements with force. In the same manner, a Truthful one desires to dispel false conjectures and wishes to grant a deeper understanding of true knowledge and sound doctrine. These words seem unpleasant and impractical at first to the heart which has languished a long time in some other world, but ultimately the truth prevails. The forces which lead a person to falsehood die while the forces of truth begin to grow and develop. Hence, I have brought this light, and I desire to foster the power of certainty. This strength cannot be developed with mere words and statements. In fact, this is cultivated by those signs which are manifested at the hands of the Truthful by the dominating power of Allah Almighty.
It is not my way to move on to another discussion until I have made one topic clear in the mind of my listener, and until that person determines for sure that they have understood me, or until they raise an objection.[1]
ENDNOTES
1. Al-Hakam, vol. 6, no. 1, dated 10 January 1902, pp. 3-6.
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Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as), Malfuzat – Vol. IV (Islam International Publications Ltd., 2006), 97-98.
