Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 204
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 204 Again, the Holy Qur’an sets forward a challenge. Allah the Almighty says in the Holy Qur’an: 101 And they swear by Allah their strongest oaths that, if thou command them, they will surely go forth. Say, ‘Swear not; what is required is actual obedience in what is right. Surely, Allah is well aware of what you do. ’ The previous verses of the s u rah also talk about the subject of obedience and the believers always proclaim: We hear and we obey. It is their righteousness that enables them to attain near- ness to Allah and brings success to them. So, this verse also asks for hearing and obeying and showing compliance in practical terms, not just to swear that one would do this or do that. Hadrat Mu s le h -e-Mau‘ u d ra has written in Tafs i r-e-Kab i r that even hypocrites make big claims, but the real test is to show obedience in action and not, like hypocrites, through brag- ging about it. Here Allah the Almighty is instructing such persons to adopt obedience in goodness—obedience in accor- dance with the well-established tradition. The Prophet shall not ask you to do anything which would be against the shari‘ah or against wisdom. Then why are you raising any question in this regards? Let me give you an example: The Promised Messiah as says that you have made a pledge of allegiance with me; you have 101. ( al-N u r , 24:54)