The Devotion of Life — Page 7
7 find out whether any Englishman had become Ahmadi in the early period. When they will see that, yes, there was a person, Bashir Ahmad Orchard, who accepted Ahmadiyyat in the beginning and offered extraordinary sacrifices, their hearts will be filled with joy and gratification and they will say with delight that the English nation fulfilled its obligation to serve. At this time, no doubt, you are unknown and unfamiliar but the time will come and come soon when nations will take pride in your name and praise your heroic deeds. So do not take your actions and your conduct as ordinary and do not take these actions to be just yours; those are in fact the actions of the entire English nation. Those who will come later will emulate your every act and follow your every word. If your actions and your conduct will be in accordance with Islam and will be elegant and magnificent, then take note that because of that your nation will become prosperous, but if they will not comply with the true standard of Islam and will be faulty, then your nation will be deprived of advancement. So, always do your best to establish the best example and leave behind a legacy of splendid memories; otherwise Allah will raise someone else to carry out this task. During the time when Ahmadiyyat will become predominant in the world and predominant definitely it will become and no power can stop that, then your greatness will rise immensely in the hearts of people; much more than for the greatest of Prime Ministers.