Selections from the Writings of the Promised Messiah — Page 54
and has no cause for exemption must perform the Pilgrimage. Do good deeds in the best of manners and reject evil with repugnance. Remember that no deed of yours which is devoid of righteousness will be ever entertained by God. An act of goodness is only that which is rooted in the fear of God. No act in which this root remains intact will be permitted to go to waste. It is inevitable that you should be tried with diverse trials of pain and misfortune as the faithful before you were tried. So remain always wary lest you should stumble. The earth can do you no harm as long as you have firm ties with heaven. If ever you come to grief, you will come to grief at your own hands rather than at the hands of your enemies. If you lose all honour on this earth, God will bestow an eternal honour upon you in heaven. So leave Him not. You are bound to suffer pain at their hands and you will be deprived of the fulfilment of many of your aspirations. But be not heavy hearted; God merely tries you whether you are steadfast in His cause or not. If you desire that even angels should praise you in heaven then suffer in the path of Allah with grace and remain cheerful. Hear abuse and remain grateful and despite frustration break not your ties (with God). You are the last people raised by God so do such deeds of piety as touch the loftiest standards of excellence. (Kashti Nuh: Roohani Khaza'in Vol. 19, p. 15) 54