Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 11
11 cruelty and injustice. We are certain that if the earlier Prophets had lived in the time of our Holy Prophet s as , they would have no recourse but to obey and follow him. Truly does God say: َو ْذِا َذَخَا ُهّٰللا َقاَثْيِم َنّٖيِبَّنلا ۤاَمَل ْمُكُتْيَتٰا ْنِّم ٍبٰتِك َّو ٍةَمْكِح َّمُث ْمُكَءٓاَج ٌلْوُسَر ٌقِّدَصُّم اَمِّل 11 ْمُكَعَم َّنُنِمْؤُتَل ٖهِب َو ٗهَّنُرُصْنَتَل And remember the time when Allah took a covenant from the people through the Prophets, saying: ‘Whatever I give you of the Book and Wisdom and then there comes to you a Messenger, fulfilling that which is with you, you shall believe in him and help him. ’ The Holy Prophet s as himself said: ْن ِ لَمَا وَسِعَھُمَا يَّي َ ْسٰی ح ي لَو ْ کَان َ مُوسٰی وَعِ 12 ْ بَا عِی ِّ ات َّ اِل i. e. if Moses and Jesus were alive today, they would have had to believe in me and follow me. 7. We also believe that God hears the prayers of His suppliants and helps them out of their difficulties. He is the Living God and His life is felt by man at all times and in every age. God is not like the scaffold we erect when digging a well, only to dismantle it after the well has been completed because it no longer serves any purpose and is only a hindrance. Instead, He is like the light without which all is dark and the spirit without which all is lifeless. If you separate Him from His creatures, they become lifeless bodies. It is not true that God created the world and then silently sat by. The fact is that He relates to His servants at all times, attends to them on account of their humility and modesty, and if they forget Him, reminds them