The Will — Page 8
T HE W IL L—AL-WA T HE W IL L—AL-WA S S IY YAT IY YAT 8 you all that He has promised. Though these days are the last days of this world and there are many a disaster waiting to happen, yet it is necessary that this world continues to exist until all those things about which God has prophesied come to pass. I came from God as a Manifestation of Divine Providence and I am a per- sonification of His Power. And after I am gone there will be some other persons who will be the manifestation of the second Power [of God]. So, while waiting for the second Manifestation of His Power, you all together keep yourselves busy praying. And let a Jam a ‘at of righteous people, one and all, in every country keep themselves busy in prayers so that the second Manifestation may descend from the Heaven and show you that your God is such Mighty God. Consider your death to be close at hand for you never know when that hour will strike. Let the righteous people of the Jam a ‘at who have pure souls accept Bai‘at [Oath of Allegiance], after me, in my name. 1 ٭ God Almighty desires to draw all those who live in various habitations of the world, be it Europe or Asia, and who have virtuous nature, 1. ٭ Such persons will be selected by consensus of the believers. Hence if forty believers agree that a person is competent to accept Bai ‘ at in my name, he will be entitled to accept Bai ‘ at. And such a person ought to make himself an example for others. God has informed me: ‘I shall raise for thy Jam a ‘at one from thy progeny and shall honour him with My revelation and nearness. Truth will flourish through him and a large number of people accept him. ’ So wait for those days. And you should remember that one is recognized only when one’s time comes. And it is possible that before such a time one may appear to be an ordinary person; or because of some deceptive thoughts, one may even be regarded as objectionable; just as one who is destined to be perfect, is at one time, only a drop of semen or clot of blood in the womb. [Author]