Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 288
! ! 288 these sentiments are those of peacetime, not of periods of hardship. If tonight, God sends the angel of death to any of you and he says, “ Although I am commanded to take the soul of your brother or another dear one, but let it be I will take your soul instead” n o woman would accept this. God Almighty says : َﻧ ﺎ ًر ا َا ۡﻫ ِﻠ ۡﻴ ُﻜ ۡﻢ َو َا ۡﻧ ُﻔ َﺴ ُﻜ ۡﻢ ُﻗ ۤۡﻮ ا ٰا َﻣ ُﻨ ۡﻮ ا ا :َِّ ۡﻳ َﻦ َا ُّﻳ َﻬ ﺎ “ O ye who believe! Save yourselves and your families from Fire. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 66: V. 7) Which means, save yourself and your family from the fire. If a follower of the Promised Messiah as i s married to a non - Ahmadi, she will certainly dr ift away from Ahmadiyyat due to her husband , or she will grieve herself to death. She will be isolated from her relatives because of religious intolerances. This is one manner of fire [torment]. Would you push your daughter into the fire with your own hands? F or the sake of a short - lived relationship, you put her in an eternal fire , and so you should avoid this. T he di visions that arose at the advent of the Promised Messiah as w ere already present , they w ere not new. However, if you make sacrifices , then others will be inspired to see that this is how the divisions can be eradicated. For example, as an Ahmadi, d o not marry non - Ahmadis. B e a good role m odel so that they may be convinced. If as an Ahmadi , you continue to maintain the same relationship with them, they will ask, “ We can esta blish relations with them as it is. W hat is the point of becoming an Ahmadi ? ” Remember, this is a sin against the nation. If you sever relationships with them completely and offer this sacrifice for the sake of God, then on the one hand where God will g rant you better marriage propos al s than those relatives , on the other hand as a reward for your steadfastness , He will bring you together with those relatives as well. However, the condition is that you do not allow your steadfastness to slip. Do not believe that God will separate you forever. No, a bsolutely not! He will unite you and will unite you forever. He sees your perseverance. S ever your relationships for the sake of God and remain bowed down before God’s will. In the end, your relatives will be