Qualities of the Soul — Essence of Islam Vol. 2

14 Sep, 2026 Essence of Islam 0

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In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 2), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Qualities of the Soul, presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.

Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 2)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 15: The Soul
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were to be born again and were to exert their thinking and reflection to the utmost they would not be able to achieve that degree of vastness of knowledge and high insights even if they expired in the effort.
[Surmah Chashm Arya, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 2, p. 234]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 401]

The Holy Qur’an has made detailed mention of the many qualities, wonderful powers and capacities of souls of which we set out a few by way of illustration: 1. The faculty of eagerness to acquire knowledge and insight. 2. The faculty of acquiring knowledge. 3. The faculty of safeguarding knowledge that has been acquired. 4. The faculty of the love of God. 5. The faculty of deriving delight from a meeting with the Divine. 6. The faculty of seeing visions. 7. The faculty of influencing and being influenced. 8. The faculty of establishing relationship with bodies. 9. The faculty of acquiring divine qualities. 10. The faculty of receiving revelation. 11. The faculty of expansive and constricted moods. 12. The faculty of acquiring unlimited comprehension. 13. The faculty of taking on the colour of the manifestation of the Divine. 14. The faculty of reason whereby to distinguish between beauty and imperfection. 15. The faculty of receiving impressions and being influenced by them in contrast with the bodies to which they are related. 16. The faculty of acknowledging the existence of the True Creator. 17. The faculty of manifesting new qualities in combination with bodies and their special shapes. 18. The faculty of mutual attraction which might be designated magnetic power. 19. The faculty of immortality.
20. The faculty of maintaining a special relationship with the particles of the departed body which is manifested to those who have experience of visions. There are many other faculties of souls which are set out in detail in the Holy Qur’an in a delightful and excellent manner.
[Surmah Chashm Arya, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 2, pp. 245-247]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 2, p. 401]

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