What is Ahmadiyyat? — Page 86
( :86 ) sjngle day by every Muslim-mean? What after all does it seek? certainly the blessings which in the past God has. bestowed on those who sought; deserved artd found His favours. Among these blessings is the gift of prophecy. The blessed ones of God, therefore, include the prophets. Unless this prayer was meant to be wasted, ·it is impossible that not a -single Muslim should attain to that nearness to God which bas been t•njoyed hy innumerable prophets befor. e. Pointing this out, the Promised Messiah cured the depression and des- pondency which had overtaken -all Muslims. Not €'Very Ahmadi, howe. \ler, but certainly· every Ahmadi who. INs acquired insight into the meaning and purpose of the advent of the Promised Messiah, observes Namaz, not as a dead routine, but as an occasion to seek and receive the grace of God. Such an Ahmadi engages in N amaz to