Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 220
ILLNESS Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 220 points and occasionally made admonition. A European Muslim called to enquire after his health, and the Khalifatul Masih ra spoke to him at some length about Islam. The Annual Conference was held on December 25, 26 and 27, 1910. Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ra addressed the Conference on the afternoon of December 25, on: There is no god save Allah; and again on the afternoon of December 27, on: The weapon of prayer. In the course of his second speech he observed: "Call on Me, I shall respond to you (40:61); is a weapon, and is very effective. Sometimes one who wields it is weak, and repudiates its effectiveness. It is the weapon of prayer, which has today been discarded by mankind. The members of our community should sharpen it and make use of it. They should pray constantly and should never get tired of supplication. I am so ill that no one can conceive how long I might survive; therefore, it is my last admonition: Along with: There is no god save Allah; sharpen the weapon of prayer. There should be no dissension in the community, for when there is dissension in the community it becomes the subject of divine chastisement; as is said in the Holy Quran: When they forgot that with which they had been admonished, We delivered those who had admonished them, and We afflicted the transgressors with a grievous chastisement because of their disobedience (7:166). You have so far been safeguarded against such affliction. Even prayer does not avail without the grace and mercy of God. Therefore, I admonish you: