With-Love-to-Muhammad

250 With Love to Muhammad sa the Khātam-un-Nabiyyīn
as if he is seeing Allāh, the Exalted, with his eyes.
Then, with the blessing of this faith, the bitterness
and difficulty in doing good deeds is removed. Also,
the decree of Allāh, the Exalted, descends upon the
heart like honey due to harmony. It fills up the chest
with sweetness and every trial seems to be a reward.
Hence, a shahīd is one who experiences the
mushāhidah of God [that is, sees the light of God] with
the strength of his faith and gets pleasure from the
bitterness of the decree [of God] as if it was sweet
honey. In this sense, he is called shahīd and this status
is a sign for the perfect believer. 243
This is the official understanding of the Ahmadiyya Muslim
Jamā‘at of the word shahīd and what has been translated by Mr.
Ghulām Farīd at certain places in the Qur’an is an implied
meaning of shahīd.
Furthermore, even if the meaning of the word shahīd is
taken to mean martyr, it does not mean that verse 70 of Sūrah
An-Nisā’ only applies for the hereafter, because Allāh knows
whether or not a person will be a martyr even before the birth of
a person. Hence, in the knowledge of Allāh, the Exalted, a
person is a martyr long before he or she actually gets the status.
In summary, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamā‘at’s
understanding of verse 70 of Sūrah An-Nisā’ is that Allāh, the
Exalted, will continue to send the prophets, the truthful, the
witnesses, and the righteous, from among those who truly obey
the commandments of Allāh, the Exalted, and follow the Holy
Prophet Muhammad sa in letter and spirit. The prayer for the
achievement of these stages has been taught in Sūrah Al-Fātihah
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