Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa

by Hazrat Mirza Nasir Ahmad

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Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page 52

52 felt terribly depressed. Then I decided on invoking blessing on the Holy Prophet sa as a small atonement but the Wisdom of Allah, the Glorious, without a warning, changed the expression on my lips. When after quite a while I suddenly pondered the words I found that instead of invocation of blessings on the Holy Prophet sa , I was reciting: (There is none worthy of worship but Thee, there is none worthy of worship except Thee). My tongue was reciting the credo of Divine Unity. Then, I concluded that the basic reality was the Divine Unity indeed and the advent of the Holy Prophet sa aimed at establishing it. My resolve that I should lay great stress on prayer was right, but I had personally chosen my words. The credo that Allah is one takes precedence over the invocation of prayers on the Holy Prophet sa. I was very happy then since Allah, the Supreme, Himself gave the new direction to my tongue. We stayed two nights in Granada. I spent the second night partly in prayer and partly in sleep, I would doze off now for ten minutes and then engage in prayers. I could