Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 382
382 When a messenger comes from God, his Community does not always remain in the same state. It starts with the poor and ends with monarchs. There comes a time when his Community dominates the land in which the Messenger was sent. Therefore, our Community will not always be the Community of the poor. It will grow day and night. All the governments of the world together cannot stop its progress. One day, it will eat away at all religions and sects, as was revealed to the Promised Messiah as , ‘Those who believe in you will prevail over the disbelievers till the Day of Resurrection. ’ 6 Also, God will cause the numbers of those who remain outside his fold to keep declining until Kings will join this Community. 7 It will not remain subjugated but will pre - vail. It will not remain weak but will be victorious, as a revelation received by the Promised Messiah as says: 8 ےگ ی ی رے ڑپکوں ےس ربتک ڈوھڈن� ت ابداشہ � Kings will seek blessings from your garments. There is a time for everything. The same achievement can at one time bring a person great esteem, but at another time it might not even be noticed. Those who were the first to believe in the Holy Prophet s as remain to this day the spiritual leaders of the world, whereas most of those who believed after Islam became victori - ous remain unknown. Therefore, those who join the Ahmadiyya Community now, when it is thought to be weak and insignificant, will attain the honour of early believers and will be worthy of spe - cial rewards and blessings. Even though a lot of time has elapsed, the door to honour is still open and the path to God’s nearness is