Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 297
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 297 tomorrow and the world will see that this city, God willing, will be illumined with divine light and will become my supporter and helper in the fulfilment of my task. I supplicate God Almighty in these terms and hope that through His grace it will so come about. In the course of his concluding speech he observed: Even if our opponents do not believe they should at least admit that whatever we say we say out of sympathy for them and as proof of our goodwill. We shall continue to say it, however great might be the suffering that they might impose upon us. They might cut us down, throw us to the lions, stone us to death, drop us down from mountains, throw us into the ocean but as we have stood up in the name of God, we cannot desist from discharging our responsibili- ties. So long as we have breath left in our bodies we shall continue to raise our voices. We believe that this teaching is bound to spread, and even if the strongest nations stand up against us they will be frustrated. They can, no doubt, destroy our bodies but our souls will continue to rise and this message will not be obstructed. Then it is best for you to lend your ears to our voice so that your end may be good. Listen carefully t~ the voice that is being raised on behalf of God Almighty and try to understand it. Lord, I beseech Thee to open the hearts of these people and to provide the means of carrying this voice to the whole of the world. As we are Thy creatures, so are those who have not yet recognized Thy beloved Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. Do Thou guide them and gather everyone under his standard. Do Thou wipe out from the world the spirit of disorder, faithlessness, injustice, disobedience, viciousness, devouring each other's pro- perty, and mutual discord, and create the spirit of peace and friendship. The meeting at Delhi was held on 16 April 1944. In Delhi, the opposition to the holding of the meeting was much severer than it had been in Ludhiana, but the meeting was held successfully and the Khalifatul Masih repeated his an- nouncement that he was the Reformer whose advent had been promised in the announcement of the Promised Messiah of 20 February 1886, and concluded with the declaration: If I am true in making this announcement, and the God of heaven and earth is indeed witness to my truth, then remember that one