Revival of Religion — Page 16
16 would rather be exiled or killed than recant. 6. The reformers do not entice people with promises of power and high office: they dispel worldly ambition. They do not lure people with wealth; they inculcate the spirit of sacrifice. The rich who believe consider it their good fortune to give their all in t he service of God; the mighty shrug off the trappings of power. It is then that divine providence adjudges them fit to take over temporal power. This is the process of religious revival of nations that the Quran and the Scriptures reveal. All prophets - from Adam to the Holy Prophet Muhammad - went through these stages. They gave their nations new life by leading them over the path of suffering and sacrifice. They taught love. They inculcated love of hard work, of sustained effort and incessant actions. It is this revolutionary spirit which breathes life into dead nations. This oft - demonstrated and unchanging divine law is in consonance with man's n ature, conscience and intellect. It is this law that the Ahmadiyya Community acknowledges. As can be seen, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community's concept of s is not a new - fangled philosophy born of human intellect. It IS derived from that continuous and unaltered historical process which is preserved most accurately and truly in th e Holy Quran. It is founded on those eternal principles and truths which are the basis of every true religion. For instance, the Quran declares: 'There should be no compulsion in religion. Surely,