The Devotion of Life — Page 410
410 The Fourth Khilafat and Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV rh , was a divinely inspired personage. His heart reverberated with the love of humankind and the desire to preach and spread Islam. Under his inspiring leadership, the Jama’at entered a new phase about which glad tidings had been revealed to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih III rh that the coming 25-30 years would bring a great spiritual revolution. He was a ‘waqif-e-zindagi’ and wanted to see the spirit of ‘waqf’ in the entire Jama’at because he knew that Ahmadiyyat was entering into a phase of conquest and great glad tidings were expected. Thus, at the start of his Khilafat, on his return to Rabwah after inaugurating the Basharat Mosque in Spain, he addressed the Ijtema of the Khuddamul Ahmadiyya: “By God I hear the footsteps of the victory of Ahmadiyyat. Change your hearts, therefore. There is a divine decree that will make you victorious. Insha’Allah. ” (Address Ijtema Khuddamul Ahmadiyya 1982) The Splendid Jihad of Invitation Towards Allah His Khilafat commenced with the acceleration of preaching activities of the Jama’at, with consecutive Sermons warming the hearts of the Jama’at towards preaching.