Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 354
354 and should also publish it, though it shall take effect only after his death. This is necessary because at the time of death it becomes very difficult to execute a will. And as the days of visitations and heavenly signs are near at hand, the person who makes a will in time of safety is entitled to greater merit. Prop- erty which is a permanent source of income will entitle its giver to incessant merits. 2. Every one who lives in a place other than Qadian is entitled to burial in this graveyard if he fulfils the above con- ditions. In such a case his heirs should bring the body Qadian. Any one who dies before the completion of the graveyard and its requirements should be buried, at the place where he dies, in a coffin which should then be brought to Qadian after every thing is complete. But it is not proper to bring a body which has been buried in a shrould not in a coffia. * It should be borne in mind that it is the will of God that all those who have a perfect faith should be buried in one place, so that by seeing their graves future generations may strengthen their faiths, and so that the important services they did for the sake of God in the cause of religion should be made manifest to all. In conclusion, we pray that Almighty God may assist every sincere believer,- and generate in all a zeal for faith and make their end a virtuous one. Amen I *It would be folly to consider this graveyard and this ar- rangement as an innovation for it is according to Divine reve- lation and is not any man's proposal. Nor should any one think, that any person by merely being buried in this graveyard will go to paradise for it is not meant that this place will entitle any one to paradise, but that only those who are entitled to paradise will be buried here.