When Allah began the creation of the universe with a single word, тАЬBe,тАЭ He ensured that the vast expanse would contain all the necessary ingredients for physical life. But what of the ingredients for spiritual life?
For spiritual life, Allah has given us His words in the Holy Quran, and He continually creates human embodiments of His words. Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad(rta), the fourth Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, delivered a sermon at the passing of Hazrat Muhammad Zafrulla Khan(ra), a companion of the Promised Messiah(as). In this sermon, he describes the high spiritual qualities exhibited by Hazrat Zafrulla Khan(ra), elucidates his rank as a word of Allah, and asks his listeners to become words of Allah themselves.
Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (1928тАУ2003), a man of God, voice articulate of the age, a great orator, a deeply learned scholar of phenomenal intelligence, a prolific and versatile writer, a keen student of comparative religions, the spiritual head and┬аfourth┬аsuccessor┬аof Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (the Promised Messiah and Mahdi), to which he was elected in 1982.