تاریخ انصاراللہ (جلد 3) — Page 984
۹۸۴ THEY WERE BLESSED WITH DIVINE FAVOURS IN SUCH ABUNDANCE AS WAS BEYOND DESCRIPTION۔THE ANNALS OF ISLAMIC HISTORY ARE REPLETE WITH THE SACRIFICES OF THE ANSAR OF MEDINA THEIR SELFLESSNESS, DEVOTION TO THE FAITH AND UNRIALLED SACRIFICES FOR THE CAUSE OF ISLAM, ARE THE SACRAD HERITAGE OF OUR PAST GLORY۔IT IS YOUR DUTY TO KEEP UP THESE TRADITIONS FOR ALL TIMES۔MAY GOD GIVE STRENGTH TO PROVE EQUAL TO THIS TASK۔B) THE BURDEN FOR IMPARTING PROPER TRAINING TO THE POSTERITY FALLS ENTIRELY ON YOUR SHOULDERS۔EXPERIENCE IS REALLY A RESERVOIR FOR KNOWLEDGE۔YOU HAVE TO GUIDE THE COMING GENERATION THROUGH CHANNELS AS WOULD ENABLE THEM TO BECOME TRUE CUSTODIONS OF AHMADIYYAT۔THE TRUST WHICH AT PRESENT, IS ENSHRINED IN YOUR BOSOMS HAS TO BE TRANSFERRED STEADILY BUT FIRMLY TO THE YOUNG OFF-SPRINGS OF AHMADIYYAT۔IT IS, THEREFORE, YOUR BOUNDEN DUTY TO TRAIN THE YOUNGSTERS IN A MANNER THAT THEY SHOULD STRIVE THEIR UTMOST IN THIS DIRECTION AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR LIVES۔THEY SHOULD LOOK AFTER THE TREE OF AHMADIYYAT AND PREPETUATE ITS BLOOM TO THE EXTENT THAT ITS VERDURE SHOULD DAZZLE THE EYES OF THE ONLOOKERS۔WE SHOULD NEVER SLACKEN OR TARRY BEHIND OTHERS IN THIS REGARD۔WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THESE CONDITIONS BEFORE OUR LORD۔YOU MUST FULFIL YOUR OBLIGATIONS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE MANNER۔MAY GOD HELP YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS DIRECTION۔C) THE LAST WORD IN THIS REGARD IS!IT IS THE WISH OF HAZTAT KHALIFATUL MASIH IV AS ALSO YOUR OWN DUTY TOWARDS AHMADIYYAT, THAT THE ANSAR SHOULD DEFINE A WAY OF LIFE AND A