Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 354
354 Holy Prophet s as that he saw the mission of serving Islam as his own, and would be personally grateful to anyone who did any service to Islam. He would work endlessly night after night and if someone helped him in comparing or correcting proofs, or sat up with him for a night or two, he would express such gratitude and indebtedness to him as if he had done him a great personal favour. Despite ill health and physical weakness, he wrote more than 80 books and hundreds of leaflets, and delivered hundreds of lectures. Aside from this, he had his daily visitors with whom he held discourses about the merits of Islam. Such was his dedication that if his doctors advised him to rest, he would tell them that his rest lay in spreading Islam and countering its opponents. Right to the day of his demise, he remained busy in the service of Islam. The day before he died, he had been busy completing a book invit - ing Hindus to an understanding of Islam. All this is proof of the passion and fervour he had for demonstrating the glory of God and establishing the truth of the Holy Prophet s as. As I have said before, true love cannot be known by the mere professions of love. However, if someone demonstrates his love through his every action and every deed, then expressions of love by such a person are a true reflection of his innermost feelings. Expressions of love by a true lover are powerful and inspire the hearts of others. Here I will cite two poems by the Promised Messiah as , one expressing his love for God and the other for the Holy Prophet s as :