Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 7
Ahmadiyyat: Destiny and Progress 7 ties with God. Pray we live and die as Muslims. Ameen Let us now proceed with the bai‘at in the manner of the Promised Messiah as and Hazrat Khalifatul-Masih I ra , who would hold the hands of the person taking the bai’at, while the latter would recite the words of the pledge after them. ٗ عَبْدُہ اَشْھَدُ اَنْ لَّاِلٰہَ اِلَّ ہللاُ وَحْدَہٗ لَشَِیْکَ لَہٗ وَاَشْھَدُ اَنَّ مَُمَّدًا 5 ٗ وَرَسُوْلُہ Today, in the Ahmadiyya Community, I seek forgiveness at the hand of Mahmud for all of those sins by which I was ensnared. I promise, from this day onwards, to try my best to abstain from sin if Allah should so enable me. I will give preference to my faith over the world; I will shun idolatry; I will strive to follow all the commandments of Islam; I will accept the Holy Prophet sa as the Seal of all the Prophets and believe in all the claims of the Promised Messiah as ; I will obey you in all the righteous things you tell me to do; I will strive to read, listen to, understand and act upon the teachings of the Holy Qur’an and the ahadith; I will strive to read, listen from, learn, and act upon the books of the Promised Messiah as. 5 Ibid. p. 1 [Publishers]