Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 381
381 change until they reform themselves. Worldly schemes and mach - inations will be of little avail to them because their abject state is the result of Divine displeasure. Until the Muslims make peace with God they will continue to suffer ignominy after ignominy. Blessed, therefore, is he who hastens to make his peace with God, for he will be saved from ignominy. The Help of God will be with him and the Hand of God will guide him at every step. The coming of the Promised Messiah as is a momentous event, not something ordinary, for he is the one to whom the Holy Prophet s as has sent his greetings. 4 The Holy Prophet s as said that Muslims should reach him even if they have to bear great hard - ships in doing so. 5 There are prophecies about him in all the religions of the world; there is no Prophet who did not foretell his coming. How great then is the man whose coming has been foretold by so many Prophets and who is awaited by their follow - ers! How blessed are those who witness the time of the Promised Messiah as and partake of these blessings! The coming of a Messenger of God is a rare event, particularly one of such import as the Promised Messiah as. The Holy Prophet s as has given the glad-tiding of his coming more than of anything else, hence we cannot expect the arrival of anyone greater than him. He is the last Khalifah for the ummah of the Holy Prophet s as and only the Day of Judgment is awaited after him. Every day of this time is precious, so precious that the world and all that it con - tains is nothing compared to it. Fortunate are those who know the value of the Promised Messiah as and believe in him in order to earn the approval and pleasure of God. Such people will find the purpose of their birth and the secret of submission to God will be revealed to them.