Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 159
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 159 weep during their Prayers as the Comapnions wept. Many of them see true dreams and are honour~d with divine revelation, as was the case with the Comapnions. Many of them spend their hard-earned wages in promoting the activities of the Movement, purely for the sake of winning the pleasure of God Almighty, as did the Com- panions. Among them will be found many who keep death in mind and are gentle of heart and are treading the way of true righteousness, as was the case of the Companions. They are the party of God who are supported by Him and whose hearts He is purifying daily and whose bosoms He is filling with the wisdom of faith, and whom He is dra wing towards Himself through heavenly signs, as He did with the Companions. In short this Community exhibits all those signs which are implied in the verse: 'Among others from among them' (62:4). The Word of God Almighty was bound to be fulfilled [Ayyamus Solh, pp. 72-3]. God, Who is hidden from human eyes but is shining brighter than everything else, and of Whose majesty even the angels stand in awe, does not like insolence and cunning. He has mercy upon those who fear Him, so be afraid of Him and utter everything with deliberation. You are His Community whom He has chosen to set an example of goodness. He who does not discard vice, whose lips do not shun falsehood, and whose heart does not exclude inpure thought's, will be cut off from this Community. Servants of God, cleanse your hearts and wash out your insides. You can please everyone with hypocrisy and double-dealing, but thereby you will only earn the wrath of God. Have mercy upon yourselves and safefguard your progeny against ruin. It is not possible that God should be pleased with you while in your heart there is someone who is dearer to you than Him. Spend yourselves in His way and be devoted to Him and become wholly His if you desire that you should see Him in this very life [Raze Haqeeqat, pp. 4-5]. The purpose of God Almighty in setting up this Community is that true understanding of God, which has disappeared from the world, and true righteousness and purity, which are not to be found in this age, might be re-established. Arrogance is rife. The divines are caught in the pride and vanity of their learning. Those who pretend to have withdrawn from the world have no concern with self-improvement. All the disciplines which they practise are error and innovation; they are only words and outer form and have no spiritual reality. They cannot be. traced back to the Holy