Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 122
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 122 act. Satan himself disobeyed Allah’s command due to his personal vanity. Therefore, from day one, through the use of this very tool in its various forms, he resolved to lead man astray from the right path. Only the servants of the Gracious God, who are His special servants and are engaged in His worship, generally remain unharmed of Satan’s attack. Other- wise, it is through the trap of pride that Satan usually succeeds in holding mankind in his captivity. One must not take it lightly that we accepted the condition at the time of making bai‘at that we would not indulge in pride and vanity. Give up arrogance in its entirety. It is not easy. Arrogance has many diverse forms. Satan attacks mankind utilising different methods. It is an extremely terri- fying state! Actually, it is only through the Grace of Allah that one can be saved from it. Therefore, in the seventh condition, the Promised Messiah as also introduced a way to obtain Allah’s Graces. He said if we try to break away from the habit of arro- gance, but do not fill in the emptiness with humility and meekness, then arrogance would attack us again. Therefore, adopt humbleness! Allah the Almighty loves the way of humility. The Promised Messiah as himself demonstrated humbleness to such an extent that it has no parallel. That is the reason that Allah the Almighty was so pleased with him that He said to him in a revelation: (Urdu) ‘He liked your humble ways!’ We claim to have made bai‘at with the Promised Messiah as , and we have accepted him as the Imam of the Age. Therefore, it is all the more important for us to adopt this moral quality.