Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 53
53 And if they had done what they are exhorted to do, it would surely have been better for them and conducive to greater strength. And then We would have surely given them a great reward from Ourself. And We would surely have guided them on the right path. And whoso obeys Allah and this Messenger of His shall be among those on whom Allah has bestowed His blessings, namely, the Prophets, the Truthful, the Martyrs, and the Righteous. And excellent companions are these. This grace is from Allah, and sufficient is Allah, the All-Knowing. It is evident from these verses that being shown the path of those who are rewarded by God means to join the company of Prophets, S iddiq i n, Shuhad a, and Sa l ihi n. Thus, when God has taught us this prayer through His Prophet—a prayer we repeat about forty times every day and in which we ask to be shown the right path, which God Himself has interpreted as the path of the Prophets, the S iddiq i n , the Shuhad a , and the Sa l ihi n —how is it then possi - ble that the door to every kind of prophethood should be closed for this ummah? Would not such a thought be ridiculous? And yet God cannot teach what is ridiculous. It is not possible that He should, on the one hand, exhort us to pray for our inclusion among the Prophets, S iddiq i n , Shuhad a , Sa l ihi n , and, on the other, tell us that the reward of prophethood is forever disallowed for the followers of the Holy Prophet s as —God forbid! God is pure and free from all faults. If He had in fact put an end to these rewards, He would never have taught us to pray for guidance to the path of those who are so rewarded by Him, nor would He