Malfuzat – Volume I — Page 52
52 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Second Address of the Promised Messiah (as) at the Annual Convention on 28 December 1897 after Zuhr Prayer Everyone Prepare Themselves for their Journey to the Afterlife The Promised Messiah (as) said: At this time, the purpose of my address is that since there can be no guarantee of one's life, I feel that the number of people who are gathered around me now may perhaps not be with us in the following year. More- over, during these days, I saw in a vision that in the coming year certain friends would no longer be with us, but I cannot say who of them was referred to in this vision. I am certain that this is because everyone individually ought to prepare them- selves for their journey to the afterlife. As I have just mentioned, no names were disclosed to me, but I know for certain by knowledge given to me from Allah the Exalted that divine destiny and decree has its time. All must leave this transient world at some point or other. And so it is absolutely imperative to state that every individual and friend who is present now must not hear my words as though they were a storyteller's tale. Rather, I counsel you from Allah and have been commis- sioned by Him. I address you with immense sympathy, true goodwill and with a burning heart. Belief in the Existence of Allah Almighty Hence, I call on my friends to heed my counsel. I reiterate that you ought to listen attentively and take my words to heart. Allah is the most Supreme Being and He is the Light, for He has established His existence and Oneness in the Holy Quran with powerful and simple arguments. Those people who express doubts and har- bour suspicion regarding His existence, despite witnessing the powers and mi- raculous wonders of this Magnificent Being, are truly the most unfortunate. In proof of His Magnificent and Powerful Being, Allah the Exalted has stated: افِي اللهِ شَكٍّ فَاطِرِ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ Meaning, can there be doubt in the existence of Allah the Exalted, who is the Creator of the heaven and earth? Now reflect, is it not perfectly clear and obvious that a created thing leads one to accept the existence of a creator? When a person sees a well-crafted shoe or chest, they are left with no choice but to immediately 1 Ibrahim, 14:11