The Devotion of Life — Page 245
245 ‘Tehrik’ to the Family of the Promised Messiah as Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra stated: “Dedicate your lives for faith. In this regard the greatest responsibility lies on the family of the Promised Messiah as. Allah the Exalted also gave the Promised Messiah as the name of Ibrahim as ; from this the Will of Allah the Exalted was that his children should adopt the excellent example of Ishmael as and dedicate themselves for the cause of faith. Following this if Allah the Exalted bestows much on them they should accept it, if He bestows little, they should be happy with that as well; it depends on the Will of Allah the Exalted. From the people of Hadrat Moses as there were some Prophets who starved and then there was also a king of the likes of Hadrat Sulaiman as , the number of whose troops and servants reached thousands. ” (Tafseer-e-Kabeer vol. 6 p. 246-247 –Commentary Surah Quraish) Huzur ra also said: “Listen! There are so many favours of Allah the Exalted upon us that if our noses are worn off due to profusion of prostration, the bones of our hands are worn off, even then we cannot thank Him for His favours. Allah the Exalted has created us from the progeny of His last Promised One and for this honour, with His Grace, he has chosen us. Therefore, great responsibility lies on us. For the