The Devotion of Life — Page 277
277 The sequence of these heartfelt prayers for the spiritual triumph of Islam started on the next day, 8 th March 1944. After Asr Salat, Hadrat Khalifatul Masih II ra went to the 'Bahishti Maqbara' with a large number of people. The next day, before the prayer, Huzur ra stood by the doorway of the boundary wall and explained: “Our object to come and pray here is nothing more than this that the ambience of the tomb of the Promised Messiah as generates a tenderness in our hearts. That we may pray to Allah the Exalted that, ‘O God! This is the person who devoted his entire life for Islam; this is the person to whom You sent revelations that Islam will be revived through his hands and the world shall turn around. Now this person has died and is buried in the earth in front of us. We claim that we love him and are among his servants. Therefore, it is now our obligation to discharge this responsibility and in order to fulfil the promises You made, let our efforts and endeavours reach the point of excellence. However, we are weak; we have many failings; with Your Grace, grant our weak shoulders strength, make our weak hands strong and grant such blessings to our efforts that Your promises are fulfilled and Your faith triumphs in the world. ’” (Tareekh-e-Ahmadiyyat vol. 9 p. 627-629)