Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 369
369 new life, how did they manage to change the map of the world? Where did they find the courage to fight for Islam all alone in other countries? What was it that forced them to leave their hearth and home and bear hardship in strange lands? Do they not have parents and wives and children and siblings and friends? Do they have nothing else to do? What was it that led them away from the world and towards the service of their faith? It was the fact that they received the spirit of life and gave up all dead things for the sake of God Who is the Source of all life. 5 ؕ َكَرٰبَتَف ُهّٰللا ُنَسْحَا َنْيِقِلٰخْلا So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators. The true import of the Promised Messiah’s as life-giving power cannot be fathomed without mentioning the true touchstone of life: that life begets life. The Promised Messiah as breathed such life into the hearts of his followers that it not only revived them but gave them the power to revive others. If this power had not been imparted to them by the Promised Messiah as , then his own power to raise the dead through the Grace of God would have remained in doubt. One might have been led to believe that his powers, his special knowledge, his warnings, his prayers, were all due to some peculiarity of his own mind rather than a gift of God. This is not so, because the Promised Messiah’s as spiritual powers did not dis - appear with him. Instead, they were inherited by his true follow - ers in various degrees according to their capacity. As a result of their love and devotion to him, God reveals knowledge to them. Many among his followers can hold discourses with such clarity