The Future of Ahmadiyyat — Page 1
‑ 1 ‑ Eid ‑ ul ‑ Fitr 1940— Ramadan has passed and the day which we refer [to in Islam] as Eid has arrived. [Every year] the month of Ramadan which is sent by Allah the Exalted comes to an end, and then God bestows on His servants the fes- tival of Eid. The longest trial that God has determined for His servants is the month of Ramadan. For thirty days the servants of God fast; endure hunger; withstand thirst; exercise refrain and abstinence; wake through the night; offer prayers; increase their recitation of the Holy Qur’an; immerse themselves in the remembrance of Allah; and some even observe the Tarawih prayers. Accordingly, this 30-day month is, from a religious perspective, a time of extraordinary happiness, and yet in