Blessings of Khilafat — Page 26
26 contention, cause me to die, or enable me to stay away from Qadian for a few days. ’ After the prayer, I returned to Naww a b Sahib’s mansion. It was there that God inspired my heart with the words: ‘We shall take care. You must not leave here. ’ I have already sworn once, but here again I swear by the Being in whose hand my life is, and to whom belongs this house [mosque], and I swear by Him whose rule extends to the heavens and the earth and to swear falsely in whose name makes one accursed and whose curse is such as leaves no liar unpunished, that I have never ever begged anyone to make any attempts to get me elected as Khalifah , neither have I ever beseeched God to appoint me as Khalifah. But when Allah the Almighty Himself chose me for this task, how could I dislike it? Should some friend of yours give you some gift but later find out that you threw his gift into the drain, do you think this act of yours would please him? Besides, do you think it would be appropriate to do so? No, never! Hence, when God showers His bounty on someone, who can stop him from taking it? When one does not refuse to accept the gifts of worldly friends— rather greatly regards them and holds them in high esteem—how can I turn down the bounty of God that has been vouchsafed upon me by Him? Those who rejected God’s bounties always met horrible ends. The people of Moses accompanied Moses all the way to Mount Sinai. God called upon them to come there so as to speak with them. But when an earthquake hit them there, they were frightened and said that they did not want to hear the words of God, and returned to their homes. God, because of their rejecting His bounty, punished them by declaring that no law-bearing Prophet would ever be raised from among them; He said that, on the contrary, he would be raised from among their brethren. Hence,