Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 96
96 your arm, nor withdraw it but with His. permission. He who is spiritually dead would laugh at it, but his death would have been better for him than his laughter. Beware that you do not imitate other people because they have made a certain progress in this world, and follow in their footsteps to attain a similar success. Hear and understand that. they are quite ignorant of- and utter strangers to that God who calls yon to Himself. But what is their God? Only a weak human being ; and, therefore, they are left in their rernissness. I do nob prohibit you from having your own business or occupation ; but do not follow them who consider this world as the goal of all their aims and desires. Be conti- nually praying to God to grant you power and ability in the execution of all your affairs whether temporal or religious. But let not your prayers: be empty words uttered by your lips alone, but let them be* sincere supplications prooeediug from -heart. Let it be your sineere-belief that -every blessing descends from heaven. There is no righteousness in you unless when you face any diffi- culty or undertake a business, you close the doors of all material resources and humbly throw yourselves down at the threshold of God, asking for His grace to deliver you from the difficulty or help you in your undertaking. Then shall the holy spirit assist you and an unknown way shall be opened for you. Have mercy on your souls and- follow not those who have severed all their connections wich God, and given themselves wholly to- material resources so much so that they cannot utter the words *JJ ) (if it please God) to seek strength from God. May God open eyes so that you may be able to see that your God; is the beam of all your plans. If the beam falls, will the roof remain ? It would not only fall itself, but also cause the loss of many lives. In like manner, your plans can never succeed without the assistance of God. If you do not seek the assistance of God and make it t : he.