Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 284
284 AHMADIYY AT Almighty has manifested another sign. The world desired to wipe us out, but God Almighty preserved us. Perceiving this the con- straint that I had felt was totally removed. . . . I am grateful to all those who have expressed their joy on this occasion and pray that God may be pleased to reward them in the best manner. I also pray that the remaining days of my life may continue to be devoted through divine grace to the service and support of Islam and towards strengthening it and establishing its supremacy; so that when I am called to His presence I should not be put to shame and should be able to say: 'I have carried out the service that Thou had committed to me, through the strength bestowed by Thee. ' I further pray that God Almighty may bestow His grace upon us and may enable us to act righteously and may remove any weak- ness that may lurk in any heart and may strengthen our sincerity and may cause our lives to be devoted to Him and may make our lives and our deaths pleasant, so that when the dwellers of Paradise hear about us they should feel happy that more pure spirits are about to join them. At the conclusion of his speech a cheque of the amount of Rs 270,000 was presented to the Khalifatul Masih with the request that he might spend it as he pleased. In the Annual Conference of that year the Khalifatul Masih spoke on 28 and 29 December on the Islamic System of Khilafat in a very comprehensive way and in the course of his speech said: There is a distinction between my Khilafat and the Khilafat of those Khalifas who have passed away. Their Khilafat is today a subject of intellectual exposition; my Khilafat is related miracu- lously to the signs manifested in support of it. The question whether any verse is related to my Khilafat or not is irrelevant. The ever-fresh signs of God Almighty and His living miracles are sufficient proof that God has made me Khalifa and there is no one who can stand in opposition to me. If there is anyone among you who is eager to oppose me let him do so, God will humiliate and disgrace him. Not only this, even if all the powers of the earth were to join together to destroy my Khilafat, God will squeeze them out like a mosquito. Whoever rises in opposition to me will be pulled