The Future of Ahmadiyyat — Page 4
‑ 4 ‑ Allah the Exalted has promised to show us an Eid just as He promised the people of Moses as and Jesus of Nazareth as. How, then, can our community doubt its coming? Simi- larly, this promise must be fulfilled just as it was for the earlier prophets because the God Who lived in the time of Noah as , Abraham as , Moses as , Jesus as and Muhammad sa the Messenger of Allah is still alive. However, our community ought to reflect over why, [in our case] the divine help due to us has been postponed. Surely, this delay is a result of our own shortcomings, apathy and heedlessness. If we discard these traits, we will see that the time of our trial and tribulation, which the followers of all prophets are destined to face, will be reduced just as it was in the lifetime of the Holy Prophet sa. The Messenger of God lived until he had established Islam in the Arab Peninsula and his companions remained until they made Islam victorious