Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 186
186 AHMADIYY AT upon the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, the Chosen One, and the Promised Messiah, the Seal of the aulia. According to the command of the Promised Messiah, peace be upon him, mentioned in his testament, we Ahmadis whose signa- tures are appended below are sincerely convinced that the first of the migrants, Hazrat Haji Maulvi Hakeem Nurud Din Sahib, who is the most learned and most righteous of us all and is the most sincere and most long-standing friend of our departed leader, and who was declared by him as the best exmplar for us, as is indicated in his verse: How fortunate would it be if everyone of the Community were Nurud Din. So would it be if everyone were filled with the light of faith; should take the covenant of Ba'iat in the name of Ahmad from all members of the Ahmadiyya Community and from all new entrants into the Community. In future every command ofHazrat Maulvi Sahib would have the same authority for us as had the command of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi, on whom be the peace and blessings of Allah. On receipt of this request Hazrat Maulvi Nurud Din Sahib reflected for a while and then intimated that he would give his reply after prayer. He performed his ablutions and made his supplication in nafal prayers. The~eafter he suggested that they should all adjourn to the garden where all those members of the Movement were gathered together who had arrived by that time in Qadian. In that gathering Dr Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Sahib read out the request and Hazrat Maulvi Nurud Din Sahib made the following response: I bear witness that there is no one worthy of worship save Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger. 'Let there be from among you a party whose business it should be to invite to goodness, to enjoin equity, and to forbid evil' [3:105]. Reflect on my previous life. I have never desired to become the leader. I am well aware of my own condition, and my Lord is even better aware of it. I have not the slightest desire of occupying a place of honour in the world. My only desire is that my Lord and