The Devotion of Life — Page 136
136 Successor succeeds in advancing the love of this Jama’at, then you can understand that Mirza was true, and he was blessed by Divine Revelation. If his Jama’at or his Successors disappear, then you can take it that Allah the Almighty does not like such religious interference. ” (‘Wafadar Lahore’, 14 July 1908) Surely, such is the end of an impure tree. It is pulled out of the very soil and it cannot sustain itself; whereas a righteous tree flourishes and goes on producing fruits in all ages. According to this Quranic principle, this tree that was planted by God Almighty kept on flourishing after the demise of the Promised Messiah as as is the Divine rule, despite the fact that every effort was made to pull this tree out by its roots and many a hope was raised that it may be destroyed. It was said that now there is only a Maulvi who is the first Successor, therefore it will not last for very long. But the strength that was provided during the blessed period of the first Khilafat, made this sapling stand on its roots firmly with strength. It was also in the same period, that Maulvi Fateh Mohammad Sial Sahib ra spread the roots of this tree as far as England. This tree planted by God Himself, gained a strong spiritual system of leadership that is called ‘Nizam-e-Khilafat’. This is the very system that has been promised to the believers by Allah the Almighty with a promise that their righteous actions will continue to be rewarded with this blessing. In the First era, Allah the Almighty provided this blessing in the form of ‘Khilafat-e-Rashida’ that later altered into kingship and afterwards disappeared altogether. Being deprived of this blessing, Muslims practically reached the