Life of Ahmad — Page xv
XV Islam and to establish its supremacy over all other religions, ideologies and creeds. He says: 'The task for which God has appointed me is that I should remove the malaise that afflicts the relationship between God and His creatures and restore the ties of love and sincerity between them. Through the proclamation of truth and by putting an end to religious conflicts, I will bring about peace and manifest the Divine verities that have become hidden from the eyes of the world. I am called upon to demonstrate spirituality which lies buried under egoistic darkness. It will demonstrate in practise, and not by words alone, the Divine powers which penetrate into a human being and are manifested through prayer. . . Above all, my task is to re-establish in people’s hearts the eternal plant of the pure and shining Unity of God which is free from every impurity of polytheism, and which has now completely disappeared. All this will be accomplished, not through my power, but through the power of God, Who is the Ruler of the heaven and the earth. ' [ Lecture Lahore , R uha n i Khaz a ’in , vol. 20, p. 180] 'If you are honest, then be thankful and fall prostrate with gratitude that you have been born in the time awaited by your ancestors, and long for by countless souls who have passed on to the next life. It is upto you to value it and take