Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 1908-2008 — Page 15
Khilafat Centenary Alhamdolillah - all praise belongs to Allah alone! Misunderstanding Removed It would be appropriate at this point to remove a common misunderstanding. Many among the Muslims think that Khilafat shall involve simultaneous kingship; that whoever shall be Khalifa shall also be King in the worldly government sense. Also, the Muslim world has the rest of the world terrified of the concept that as soon as Khilafat is established, the whole Muslim world, united under such a Khalifa and King, shall set about wreaking havoc, death and destruction upon the entire non -Muslim populace the world over. [May God save us from such an abomination!] This is the horrible and utterly contemptible concept of Khilafat that the non-Ahmadi Muslim world has put the entire world in fear of. Hadhrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad ra, Khalifatul Masih II, has addressed this subject and rejected it in the following terms: Yes, it should be remembered that a Khalifa (Successor) by definition comes to take care of and bring about the completion of the work of the one he comes to succeed. This is why the Khulafa (Successors) of the Holy Prophet' aw were appointed to take care of both the worldly and spiritual realms because Allah had made the Holy Prophet the King of both these realms. The Messiah, however, through whom the Spiritual Manifestation of the Holy Prophet was to be manifested would be granted the Kingship of the spiritual realm alone so this will be the role of his Khulafa also. Anwarul Uloom, Vol II, p. 13 Now it is clear that no one denies the importance of Khilafat. The thing we must ask is , that since God has blessed the believers with this bounty, what would be the consequences for those who refuse to submit to it? The fact of the matter is that the consequences for those who have not submitted to the divinely set up Khalifa are there for all to see; would that they pay heed to the manifest signs there visible to all but the blind. The days of humiliation and degradation continue to manifest themselves and the darkness and humiliation and misery continues to deepen day and night. All can see, except the hapless Muslims themselves. Even their response of trying to set up the kind of Khilafat they believe in, leads to nothing by way of success and only results in further uniting the world against them in condemnation of the terroristic overtones of their sought-after Khilafat! The world media makes clear to all, day and night, their concept and this brings them even more condemnation, opposition and failure. 0 Muslims! Learn from the century of your failed attempts to establish the type of Khilafat you believe in. Learn from the disunity that is rampant amongst yourselves and the futility of all your efforts and advance to the rope of Allah that has been lowered by God from the heavens on the pattern of prophet-hood. In this alone is there hope for you, and this bounty cannot be benefitted from without the performance of good works because Allah has said in His Holy Book that Khilafat is promised to those who believe and do good deeds, so safeguard your righteousness and become one with the divinely- established Khilafat. The Services of Khilafat in Furthering Peace and Establishing Order Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya is a spiritual Khilafat and, by the Grace and Mercy of God, those who are one with this Khilafat are established in 190 countries of the world. They are all like the pearls threaded on a single string and all of them are the green flourishing branches of the tree of the Promised Messiah. . . Despite differences of language, color, race or place of origin, Ahmadis remain united as they present a unique demonstration of obedience and peacefulness to the world. Through the blessings of Khilafat, peace reigns among them and indeed, as the circle of their influence and numbers grows their unity provides greater and greater support to the establishment of unity in the Islamic world and the world in general. Indeed, the peace and unity of the entire world