Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 71
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I SEEKER AND SOUGHT 71 become aware of the evils in which my contemporaries are involved, and have observed the changes that have occurred in religion and among religious people, I have been eager, and have been praying, that God, the Exalted, may lead me to a person who should revive the faith of Islam and should subject its enemies and the wicked to spiritual bombardment. I was firmly hopeful of the fulfilment of this earnest desire of mine, because Allah, the Exalted, Who is the Most Truthful of all speakers, had given the glad tidings to the believers in His Open Book: Allah has promised those among you who believe and act righteously that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors those who were before them: and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them: and that after their state of fear He will grant them peace and security. They will worship Me and will not associate anything with Me. " "He also said concerning the Holy Prophet sa : He does not speak out of his own desire; it is but revelation from God (53:4-5). The Holy Prophet sa was most truthful and most trustworthy. He said that Allah would raise among his people at the beginning of every century one who would revive the faith. Thus I was among those who awaited this mercy of His; and for this purpose I travelled to the place of the manifestation of the lights of truth and certainty, the Sacred House of Allah. I went through forests and crossed deserts looking for him among the godly.