Life Supreme — Page 117
120. LIFE SUPREME inspiring qualities in order to enable him to fight more effectively for Islam. . AMBASSADOR OF ISLAM. An Ahmadi has a grave and privileged responsibility for he is a representative of the Promised Messiah whose advent in the latter days had been foretold by the Holy Prophet of Islam. . The Promised Messiah entreated his followers to be practical. Muslims in every detail. An Ahmadi should by a worthy ambassador of Islam and enthusiastically endeavour to adhere to all its teachings. . It has truly been said that faith without works is dead. Knowing this an Ahmadi endeavours to be meticulous in living up to the teachings of Ahmadiyyat (True Islam). The eyes of the world are upon him; but of greater consequence is the fact that the eyes of. God are also upon him. . An ambassador faithfully symbolises the government which he represents; so must an Ahmadi faithfully symbolise the teachings he represents. . PREACHER OF ISLAM. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (may peace be on him) was a prophet of God commissioned with a divine message for all mankind. It is incumbent upon every Muslim to preach his faith to others; also, when the occasion arises, to guide and advise his own. Muslim brothers. Thus in the Holy Quran Muslims are enjoined to exhort one another to truth. . The Ahmadiyya Movement works to convey and expound the message of Islam to everybody and to hasten the coming of the day when Islam will be the dominant faith of the world. . An Ahmadi is a missionary of Islam. He preaches to all and sundry; and in order to do this successfully he must practise what he preaches. This he well knows because it is the epitome of Quranic teaching and so becomes the most necessary of all requirements in the mission field.