Real Revolution — Page 158
158 penetrating to every nook and corner of the earth. . The fourth stage will be reached when the. Movement shall present a spectacle of fastawa ala sugihee, i. e. Islamic states would come into being, and even those principles which pertain to the Islamic conception of a state shall come into practical operation, giving one civilization and one culture to all mankind. The expression fastawa ala sugihee used here is very similar to what is said in the Holy Quran in another place in regard to God's istawa on His arsh. The Islamic civilization, to be established through Ahmadiyyat would be so grand and glorious that it would make other nations open their eyes with wonder, saying that here was indeed a goodly crop. This is the same thing expressed elsewhere in the. Holy Quran as رُبَمَا يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَوْ كَانُوا مُسْلِمَنَ "Often and often those who disbelieved would wish if only they had been Muslims (xv: 3). ". When the Holy Prophet successfully put into operation the Islamic teaching, the unbelievers were forced to concede that though the founder of Islam was false in his claim, he had given a teaching that was undoubtedly sublime, giving birth to a conciousness in their own minds, that it would have been grand if they too had been the followers of such an excellent teaching. Simi-