The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 116
116. Essence of Islam-IV conclusive proof. Truth will be victorious and Islam will again enjoy the day of freshness and light which it had enjoyed before and the sun shall rise again in its full glory as it had risen before. But not just yet. It is necessary that heaven should keep it from rising until we have carried our endeavour and sacrifices to the extreme and given up all our comforts for the sake of its appearance and made ourselves ready to accept every humiliation for the glory of Islam. . Sacrifice Necessary for the Revival of Islam. The revival of Islam demands a sacrifice from us. . What is that sacrifice? That sacrifice is our death in the cause of Islam. It is this death upon which depends the life of Islam, the life of the Muslims and the manifestation of the Living God. This is what in other words is called Islam and it is this Islam whose revival God Almighty now desires. It was necessary that for the consummation of this grand project, God. Himself should bring into being a great scheme which should be effective in every way. The Wise and. Mighty One has brought this about by deputing this humble one for the reform of mankind. And for the purpose of drawing the world towards truth and righteousness, He has divided into several branches the scheme for the support of the truth and the propagation of Islam.