The Devotion of Life — Page 274
274 are made at the tomb of the Promised Messiah as for the triumph and ascendancy of Islam. Acceptance of prayers has an exceptional connection with certain exceptional persons. The Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) has said that the angels of Allah the Exalted invoke blessings on whoever invokes blessings on him by way of 'Salat- un-Nabi'. So when we pray for the Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) the very same prayer is accepted for us. Similarly, if we go and pray at a place where that person is buried with whom Allah the Exalted has promised triumph and ascendancy of Islam and we say that, ‘O God, this is the person to whom you promised the triumph of Islam; now fulfil these promises’, then this prayer will have quick acceptance. In order to infuse a new life in the Community it is important that we go and pray at that place so that we may rouse the sense of honour of Allah the Exalted and so that Islam is granted an army that would submit and devote itself to God. ” The World can be Conquered with Two-Hundred Thousand Devotees “The plans of Allah the Exalted are most extensive, however I will say that as far as my plans go, if the Community goes through this much of change then not only can we achieve spiritual but also physical triumph in the world with the existing one to two hundred thousand members. Although our objective is to achieve spiritual triumph and not physical, however, as far as power is concerned I believe even