Call of the Promised Messiah (as) — Essence of Islam Vol. 4
Introduction
In this discourse from Essence of Islam (Volume 4), Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (AS), the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, expounds upon Call of the Promised Messiah (as), presenting profound spiritual insights and scriptural verities.
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 5: Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama’at, and Instructions
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Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama‘at, and Instructions of the Imam of the righteous. The ill-starred wicked one shoots his arrow upon the innocent one; it behoves heaven to rain down stones on the earth. Before your eyes Islam has fallen into dust; how then will you excuse yourselves before God, O ye who live in luxury? Disbelief is rampant in every direction like the forces of Yazid; and the true Faith is ill and helpless like Zain-ul-‘Abidin. Men of wealth are occupied with their own enjoyments; keeping company, happy and laughing, with their graceful idols. The divines are at loggerheads with each other day and night in their ego-driven exchanges; and the ascetics are entirely heedless of the needs of the faith. Everyone has taken up a position for his mean self; so that the side of the faith is left defenceless, and every enemy has leaped out of his ambush.
[Fat-he-Islam, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 3, pp. 41-45]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 149]
Almighty. However, if this wisdom and understanding—which serve as the water of life for those whose hearts are dead—is not procurable from any other source, then you have no excuse for the crime that you have rejected the fountain that has been opened from heaven. No one on earth can stop it. Do not rush towards confrontation lest you should deliberately invite the charge about which God says: 86
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4]
[Essence of Islam, Vol. 4, p. 149]
Book Series: Essence of Islam (Volume 4)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian (AS)
Section: Part 5: Propagation, Establishment of a Holy Jama’at, and Instructions
Navigation: Book Table of Contents | « Previous: Miracles of the Messiah to Counteract the Devices of the Christians | Next: A Call to All Muslims »