A Call to Faith — Page 31
31 this course and instead spoke of their condition in the harshest tones. It is quite obvious he undertook this from a sense of sympathy for the umma; for he feared that in the time of their despair they might destroy themselves by turning to the ulema to cure their ills, and in this way wash their hands of whatever spirituality they had left. My brothers keep in mind the words of the Holy Prophet sa for there is no one else who is as sincere to you as him. Be wary of those enemies who appear to you as friends and who, when they look upon your malady, do not prescribe a cure and instead wish to further misguide you. Not only are they your foes, they deny the Holy Prophet sa. The terrible plight of the Muslims is as manifest as the sun. They have squandered their rule; their business and commerce is ruined; their hearts are devoid of knowledge; righteousness has left them; they no longer remember God Almighty; their passion and zeal to follow the Holy Prophet sa has gone cold; they have lost all sense of sympathy for others; their spirit of sacrifice has died; and according to the most truthful of all people only superficial observances of Islam remain whilst its soul and spirit has ebbed away. Had Allah the Exalted not attended to the needs of the Muslims at this hour, and failed in His promise to raise an individual of Persian descent, that is Hazrat