The Devotion of Life — Page 374
374 A Great Series of Inspiring Sermons For this purpose Huzur rh initiated a great series of inspiring Sermons, which have been printed in a book titled ‘Twenty-three Great Purposes of the Building of the House of Allah’. In the last speech of this series, he says, “So there are twenty-three purposes which are related to the rebuilding of the House of Allah. The reason for relating this is the fact that one day Allah drew my attention very forcefully towards the fact that for establishing the superiority of Islam, proper training of the present generation, which can be called the third generation of Ahmadis, is essential. If the group comprising Ahmadis under twenty five years of age, and those who have entered Ahmadiyyat within the last fifteen years is not well trained, the purposes for which the Promised Messiah as was raised and for which the Ahmadiyya Jama’at was established by God, would face great obstructions. Then Allah turned my attention towards the fact that this training should be based on the methods detailed in those Qur’anic verses which have been the subject of my Sermons. If these purposes are understood correctly and effort is made to achieve them, then with the blessings of God, our present generation will be trained well and will be able to discharge the responsibilities which are about to be assigned to us. ” Divine Inspiration for the Superiority of Islam “Because my attention was diverted to this direction, the next twenty to twenty five years are crucial and revolutionary for the second glory of Islam and