Noah's Ark: An Invitation to Faith — Page 62
HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD (AS) كِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَلَمِينَ الرَّحْمَنِ اِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ - اِهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ - صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ - غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ امین. 20 Translation: God alone is worthy of all praise. That is to say, there is no deficiency in His Kingdom. None of His excellences await a future state, which is deficient today, but would be supplemented tomorrow. No aspect of His Kingdom is ineffectual. He nourishes all the worlds. He bestows His mercy prior to any endeavour. Further, He also bestows His mercy in response to man's actions. He rewards and punishes at the appointed time. Him alone do we worship and from Him alone do we seek help. We pray that He should show us all the paths from which we can earn His bounty and should keep us away from those paths which would incur us His wrath and lead us astray. This prayer which is set out in Surah Al-Faatihah is in clear contrast to the prayer taught in the Gospel, which rejects the present Kingdom of God as having been established on earth. Thus according to the Gospel neither, God's providence, nor His graciousness, nor His mercy, nor His power to reward and punish is in operation on earth because God's Kingdom has yet to be 20 Surah Al-Faatihah, 2:2-7 [Publisher] 62