Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 84
84 By God in Whose possession is my life, sometimes when men have congregated for prayer, I wish to have enough dry wood with me, then appoint someone else as Imam and go out myself to set fire to the houses where people have stayed away from the congregation. Yet, today millions of people do not have time for the daily prayers, with the exception of the two Eid congregations. There are many who pray ostentatiously without due regard to all the preconditions and proprieties of prayer and even omit the prelim - inary ablutions. The long and short of it is that today Islam is alone and help - less. In the words of the Promised Messiah and Mahdi as , the Imam of the Age: یں � ےم زسد رگ وخں اببرد د�ی�دہ ٔ رہ الہ د یں م� مسل ل �اں احیل ٔ االسم و طحق ا ش س ی رب رپ� Meet is it if the faithful shed tears of blood Over the plight of Islam and the dearth of Muslims. یں مگ� ہ س� �اک و ن صع�ب� قح را رگدش ٓادم ن ں ی � د یں ک� تخس وشرے اواتفد ادنر اہجں از رفک و The true faith has suffered a shaking big and dreadful, Unbelief and hatred have made a great noise in the world. ب ص�ی� ن � �ی� ر و وخیب ےب ن ٓاہکن سفن ِ اوتس از رہ � یں سل� �ی� ر ارمل ن ےم رتادش ع�ی� ب اہ در ذات � Those without the least virtue themselves Find fault with the greatest of all Divine Messengers.