Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Parts I & II — Page 71
An Important and Unavoidable Appeal Natural human weaknesses compel us to live as part of society and to seek and foster mutual cooperation. This fact is so self-evident that no reasonable person will contradict it. The constitution of our physical bodies is a sufficient proof of the need for collabora- tion. Our hands, feet, ears, nose, eyes, etc. , and all our internal and external faculties have been fashioned to work in concert with one another. Without their mutual cooperation, normal human activity would be impossible and the human body would become dysfunctional. An action that requires both hands cannot be per- formed by one and a path that has to be travelled on both feet can- not be traversed on one. In much the same way, all our successes, whether pertaining to this world or the hereafter, are dependent upon the help and cooperation of others. Can any individual accomplish anything, mundane or spiritual, entirely on his own? Certainly not. People who share common objectives realize them only by joining hands. This is all the more true with regard to great endeavours that aim to serve and benefit humanity at large—they