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261 261 261 261 261 B ASICS OF R ELIGIOUS E DUCATION - F IFTH E DITION 7. 2 7. 2 7. 2 7. 2 7. 2 P P P P P R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D R O M I S E D M M M M M E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H E S S I A H AS AS AS AS AS A N D A N D A N D A N D A N D S S S S S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S U C C E S S O R S — K — K — K — K — K H I L A F H I L A F H I L A F H I L A F H I L A FA A A A AT T T T T - - - - - E E E E E -A -A -A -A -A H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y Y H M A D I Y YA A A A A Two Manifestations of Allah’s Power. . . In short, He (Allah) shows two manifestations of His power: firstly at the hands of His Apostle; secondly at a time following the death of the Apostle when obstacles spring up in the way, the enemies gain force, beginning to feel that the Mission of the Prophet had been fatally injured, that the community of his followers had been destroyed. . . Then Allah once more shows a powerful manifestation of His hand, enabling the community to stand firmly on its feet. Thus, whosoever perseveres unto the last, witnesses this miracle, as happened at the time of Hadrat Abu Bakr ra when the death of the Holy Prophet sa was considered to be untimely and many nomads turned apostates, and the followers of the Prophet were unnerved by deep grief. At that critical hour, Allah made Abu Bakr ra stand up firmly, thus showing His powerful hand a second time. . . Al-Wasiyyat (English Translation, page 5) and anxiety to that of peace and security. ♦ The believers enjoy the fruits of Khilafat by worshipping Allah alone and not associating any partners with Him. After the demise of the Holy Prophet sa , Khilafat-e-Rashidah was estab- lished with election of Hadrat Abu Bakr ra as the first Khalifa. In this way, the state of grief and fear of the Believers changed to peace and security. Following the demise of Hadrat Ali ra - the 4th Khalifah, Muslims got di- vided into a number of factions, and the system of Khilafat-e-Rashidah could no longer continue. Then Khilafat was replaced with a succession of Kingships. In a Tradition ( Musnad Ahmad ) the Holy Prophet sa , the above condition was clearly foretold and a glad tidings was also given that, in the end, Khilafat on the pattern of Prophethood would re-emerge. The above was also confirmed by the Promised Messiah as in his book Al- Wasiyyat (as given below), wherein he has mentioned Two manifestations of Allah’s power- Prophethood and Khilafat. Accordingly, following the demise of the Promised messiah as , there appeared the second manifesta- tion in the form of Khilafat, when Hadrat Hakeem Maulana Nooruddin ra was elected as the first Khalifa. In this way, once again, Allah the Almighty fulfilled His promise and changed the state of grief and anxiety to that of peace and security. Khilafat on the pattern of Prophethood