The Devotion of Life — Page 302
302 may observe that while on one hand the progeny of Hadrat Ibrahim as and Hadrat Ishmael as comprised of idolaters who placed hundreds of idols in the Ka’aba , on the other hand holy men like Hadrat Imam Abu Hanifa ra and Hadrat Junaid Baghdadi ra were born in the region of Iraq who served the faith immensely. Similarly, Hadrat Muin Uddin Sahib Chishti ra came from another country and he spread Islam. While I draw the attention of the progeny of the Promised Messiah as , I also say to the Community that you will have to at the very least devote consecutively fifteen generations. However, you seem perturbed already and you are already in this state that one who comes forward to serve the faith is concerned about subsistence. It is quite straightforward; subsistence will be possible if there is money and money will come when new Ahmadis, are converted. If you bring several million Ahmadis, your allowances will increase of their own accord. In any case, the world is currently waiting to hear the voice of Islam and for this we need people who can come forward for the service of faith and who would devote their lives for this purpose. ” ‘Tehrik’ of Waqf of Family In concluding the Sermon, Huzur ra elucidated the significance of devoting life family-wise; he said: “Devote your lives for the service of the faith family-wise and promise that you shall continue to devote your generation after generation. First devote