Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi

by Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad

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Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 252

C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 252 Community after my death, I do not know what deeds they will demonstrate. ( Tadhkiratush-Shah a datain, p. 58, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 20, p. 60) Further he states: When I observe the steadfastness and devotion that came to pass through Sahibz a dah Maulav i Muhammad ‘Abdul-La ti f deceased, my hope for my Community increases greatly. God Who so enabled some people of the Community that let alone property, they even sacrificed their lives in its cause, it seems that the evident Will of that God is that He will create many people in this Community who will have the spirit of Sahibz a dah Maulav i ‘Abdul-La ti f and will be new saplings of his spirituality. ( Tadhkiratush-Shah a datain, p. 73, R uha n i Khaz a’ in , vol. 20, p. 75) Exactly a hundred years ago, Hadrat Sahibz a dah ‘Abdul-La ti f Shah i d ra was martyred. O Messiah of the Latter-days! Felicitations to you that yours dear Community has fulfiled your aspirations for them; fulfiled the expectations you had of them! They did not ever shrink from sacrificing with their property, time and life. We can see the same happening even today. Such people were born in the Community after you! The Promised Messiah as was concerned what would happen after him. We bear witness that after he passed away, such people were born and are being born who did not care for worldly temptations and did not flinch from sacrificing their lives away. Fathers witnessed sons being martyred, and sons