So Said The Promised Messiah (as) — Page 104
my Mission in two ways: God knows-and no witness i. s better than He-I do it with great zeal and sincerely speaking all this is for the sake of God and it is He that I present to the people. I have not been chanced to study the English language. Had I studied this language I would have never given the trouble to my friends (to write or translate in English language). But that was the Will of God; He wanted others also to join me in this good work. As for me I neve~ tell others to do for me, what I can do myself. Had the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, lived a few years more, Hazrat Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him would have died till then. The fact is that the Holy Prophet, sallallaho alaihi wa sallam, had won the victory which had been promised to him. He had witnessed the fulfilment of the words yadkholoona fee deenirtahi afwaja (entering the religion of Allah in troops) Al-yauma akmalto lakum had also come to pass. God did not like him (Hazrat Abu Bakr) to be deprived of the reward; He wanted him also to be blessed. Llkewise, God could grant me treasure-fol of wealth and in that case I would not have stood in need of anybody's finan- cial help. But He picks up anyone He likes to be amply rewarded. All these people who are sitting before me are like graves; for everybody has to die one day or the other. This is the time to act in a way that one should deserve the rewards from God. I am telling you all that God has told me and I am doing it in a very simple manner and in very clear words. You should get ready for the rewards. Do not think that if you will spend in the way of God, you will lose some- thing. God will repay you like a heavy rain. Manya'mal misqala zarratin khairan yarah. (Whoso does an atom's weight of good will see it). You should also remember that one cannot give service to religion without the help of God. He who girds up his 104