The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 153
The Gulf Crisis & The New World Order A FORCEFUL APPEAL FOR PRAYERS There is only one way left open for them: adoption of Taqwa (God fearing) and basing their decisions on an invocation of God's presence. They must keep the collective interest of the Muslim world supreme, and sacrifice their own self-interest for its sake. If they do that, then Insha Allah (God willing), a new era will begin for Islam. It will be a new era because we cannot go back in time. But this new era would be thousands of times better than the earlier epochs, and it will continue to get better still. So I hope that God will grant them insight, and if there is no hope then I pray that God may unusually enlighten their minds. I draw the attention of Ahmadi Muslims to the fact that although we are very weak but we still have the power to pray and we know how to pray. We have reaped the fruits of prayer in the past and we continue to do so at present. So when you reach the prayer: r� ,,, • ,,. , �,r-::- � 3 ':! b � ��� "Thee alone do we worship and Thee alone do we implore for help", as part of your daily prayers, then keep the current situation in a special perspective. And beseech God that the sanctity of Mecca and Medina is attached to the acts of worship, and it will forever be so; these towns are holy because the Prophet Abraham u and the Holy Prophet of Islam, peace be on both, worshipped in these localities. And today we, as Thy humble servants, are the ones to revivify the spirit of those worships - perhaps not to that sublime degree, but we try with whatever capabilities we are endowed with, to revive the spirit of that worship. So, 0 Lord! grant acceptance to our acts of worship and send us Thy Help, for if Thou did not come to the help of those who truly worship Thee then there would be no more worship left in the world, and the taste of worship will be forgotten in the world. So do Thou accept our supplications. M1hee alone do we worship": We are not looking up to any worldly power, we are only looking up to Thee. So do Thou help us. If this prayer wells up from the innermost recesses of our hearts, and is granted Divine acceptance, - and if all Ahmadi Muslims everywhere in the world are praying like this then it may well be 153