Ahmadiyyat Destiny and Progress — Page 52
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 52 Ahmadis have congregated again, for it would be difficult for them to visit each other in their homes. If, for example, two Ahmadis were to meet in a chance encounter in a marketplace of Lahore after a gap of two years, each of them would be in doubt as to whether the other was still with the community or whether they had recanted. Likewise, two Ahmadis could happen on one another in a bazaar in Amritsar after several years apart and be unsure whether either of them still had a connection with Ahmadiyyat. But the wisdom of Allah the Exalted wanted them to gather in the headquarters every year in ever greater number. In this way, they would demonstrate to their enemies that God brings the greatest success to the community. There are those who say they will be victors over Qadian and that they will wipe it out, but they ought to come and see how their efforts at destruction are causing Ahmadiyyat to grow. [I am reminded here] of a children’s story which I knew to be nothing more than a fanciful tale even when I was young. However, ensconced within it is a lesson that is applicable to the spiritual world. The story is about a monster who, whenever slain, generates more monsters from each droplet of its blood. It appears that the same is true of prophetic communities. No matter how far they are trampled on or oppressed they always grow and the more they are persecuted the more they prosper.