The Need for the Imam — Page 38
38 Islam once again began to be openly practised in the Punjab. Is such kindness not worthy of being remem- bered? The fact is that some of the spine-less Muslim rulers had, on account of their negligence, pushed us into the land of disbelief, but the British, catching hold of our hands and saved us. To indulge in seditious in- trigues against the British, therefore, amounts to forgetting the blessings of God Almighty. Reverting to the original topic, I would like to say that just as the Holy Quran requires of us that we should submit to the one ruler in our physical life, it expects the same from us in our spiritual life. It is in this context that God Almighty teaches us the prayer: 34 One should reflect, therefore, that no believer—in fact, no man or even animal—is deprived of Divine favours, yet we cannot say that God Almighty com- mands us to follow them all. This verse, therefore, means that we beseech God to grant us the good for- tune of following the path of those who were the recipients of the downpour of spiritual favours in a 34 Guide us in the right path, the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy blessings. — Al-F a ti h ah , 1:6-7 [Publishers]