Fazl-e-Umar — Page 349
Fazle Umar 349 success…That is a time of great progress for the nation. It roars like a lion and advances like an overwhelming flood. Every impediment hindering its path is subdued. Every structure that comes in its way is knocked down. Anything that hinders its progress is dispersed. It expands in all four directions before one’s very eyes and spreads out across the world to the point where no nation can compete with it. But a time comes when the Organisation falls asleep and the members are awake or vice versa and in the end the time comes when the Organisation and the members both fall asleep. Then the angel of God descends and claims the soul of the nation. This law also applies to us, will continue to apply and can never be changed. Hence, bearing this law in mind our best endeavour should be to keep the Organisation alert and also keep the members alert. In fact, this is the need of the time. The Messiah of God Almighty has very recently appeared in the world. Therefore, in keeping with the time, our Organisation and our members should both be alert. But because depression and the weakening of faculties is a part of human nature, the members should try to keep the Organisation active and the Organisation should try to keep the members active…Hence, both should try to serve their purpose so that if both are not awake then at least one should be active and in this way the day of our decline and decay (when the decree of God issues the order of death) is kept as far away as possible. ” (Al-Fazl, 17 Nov. 1943). “If there is a flower in the house, the whole household will appreciate its existence and everyone at once acknowledges that there is a rose or a jasmine plant in the house whenever its fragrance reaches the senses. Hence, the evidence of life is important. Without the signs of life no one can claim to be alive even though he may appear to be alive. Whenever one comes into the world he should give some evidence of his existence. He should leave an impression from which the