The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 120
120. Essence of Islam-V the guilty ones might become manifest and they may be held accountable for rejecting you. Tell them: I have been commissioned from God, and I am the first of the believers. . On receiving this Revelation, while I was moved to express my gratitude for the limitless favours of God. Almighty in having chosen a man like me who had no ability in him for such a great mission, at the same time I was also assailed by the thought that, in keeping with the ways of God, everyone who is [Divinely] commissioned must have a community of followers, so that they may assist him and be his helpers. And it is also necessary to have financial resources to be spent for the needs of religion. And, in keeping with the ways of Allāh, the presence of enemies is also essential, and it is also essential to overcome them, so as to be saved from their evil. In addition, it is also necessary that the preaching should be effective, so that it may serve as proof of the Truth of the claimant, and so that he may not fail in the mission that has been entrusted to him. . As I thought these matters over, a host of difficulties loomed large and a very frightful scenario appeared, for I found myself obscure and solitary. I was neither the successor of a saint, nor affiliated with a shrine, so that those who were devoted to my ancestors should rally around me and make my task easy, nor was I descended from some renowned scholar, thereby retaining the link with hundreds of his disciples, nor had I received formal education or certification from