Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 145
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I KHALIFATUL MASIH 145 steadfast, tolerant and have faith in prayer. In all this my purpose was: 1. That they should be my witnesses on earth for the sake of Allah, testifying to my faith; for the Holy Prophet sa has said that one who is supported by the good testimony of a body of the righteous would be deemed worthy of admission to the Garden of Allah’s pleasure; he who is accounted unworthy by them will be condemned to hell. By the testimony of these witnesses on earth for the sake of Allah, I would receive from Allah that which He pleases. 2. That through our association together we may be able to cooperate in promoting virtue and righteousness, and become friends and helpers. 3. There are certain special bounties of God that follow only upon group accord and unity. In view of this a group of friends may be organised so that God’s special grace may be attracted whereby Allah may be pleased with us, and may make us true servants of Islam and the Muslims. 4. The Holy Prophet sa is reported to have said: On the Day of Judgment seven types of people will be given shelter by Allah, when no other shelter will be available. One of these types will be two friends who love each other for the sake of Allah, meet for His sake and part for His sake. So I desired that we should be such a group and as such, should find prosperity under the shelter of the Great Throne of God, which shelter can be experienced both here and hereafter.