Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 334
334 Allah in keeping with His promise ‘Is not Allah sufficient unto His servant?’ Our Community consists mainly of the poor. It is the eternal Divine practice that it is the poor who initially believe so that peo - ple look at them say: 49 اَم َكىٰرَن َكَعَبَّتا اَّلِا َنْيِذَّلا ْمُه اَنُلِذاَرَا َيِداَب ِيْاَّرلا We see that none have followed you but those who, to all outward appearance, are the meanest of us. The wisdom behind this is so that no person would claim that the Divine Community spread because of his support, and no opponent would raise such an objection. A small and poor com - munity could not have borne such burdens without Divine help. Members of the Community pay government taxes just like everyone else; they pay revenue assessed on their lands; they pay for transport and health services. In addition to all this, they also contribute towards the propagation of Islam and have continued to do so for the last 35 years. More affluent and distinguished peo - ple have joined the Community of late but at the same time the financial obligations have increased manifold. It may seem strange that while others who are richer and more prosperous grumble over their private expenses, Ahmadis continue to spend hundreds of thousands of rupees in the way of Allah year after year. Many of them, by the grace of Allah, would willingly give away everything they possess if they were asked to do so. How did all this come about? Surely, the one who revealed ‘Is not Allah sufficient unto His servant?’ brought about this revolution in people’s hearts. What other power could have made such a promise at a time