Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 40
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 40 and make the garden of Islam verdant. There are many cuckoos, crows and beasts which devour and ruin the fruit of the garden of the Holy Prophet sa. May God protect Islam from such peril. Today, idolatry and disbelief hold sway in the world. May God enable us through His blessings to once again raise the banner of divine unity; may idolatry be vanquished from the world and may those who worship idols gather under the standard of divine unity. May God open the hearts of those nations and peoples who attribute a son to God; who sculpt idols out of stone and consider them His like; who in their ignorance hold up the messengers of God as His equals; and who worship celestial bodies like the sun, moon, planets and stars. May God open their hearts and draw them to that true God Whose greatness was revealed to the world by the Holy Prophet sa. May He motivate the hearts of disbelievers with faith and conviction. May God have mercy on those who call themselves philosophers and intellectuals and who have nothing to do with religion and bless them with the light of true knowledge, so that whereas today, they turn people away from His religion, tomorrow they may draw them towards it. May God put an end to all those conflicts which are fought in the name of religion, nationhood, sectarianism and politics and through this change the circumstances of humanity