The Gulf Crisis and New World Order — Page 37
The Gulf Crisis & The New Workl Order dealings are extremely humiliating - it is a shame that the image of the Islamic world is repeatedly tarnished and falls into disrepute. The very honour and prestige of Islam is at stake. Therefore, have fear of God and return to the teaching of Islam. Beside this there is no other shelter. THE CAUSE OF TIIF. ,SE RECURRING PROBLEMS I feel that this period of adversity and decline and these repeated miseries are the consequence of the Muslim denial of his Holiness -the Promised Messiah. . . There is no doubt about it. Therefore my closing message to you is that you should submit yourselves lo the 'Imam of the Age'. Accept that one, who was sent by God. He is the one who has the ability lo lead you. Without him, separated from him, you are like a body which has no head. There may be apparent signs of life and the limbs may flutter. There is much painful fluttering, but the head which God has created for the guidance and leadership of the body is missing. So, tum back and establish your contact with the Divine Leadership. After denying the leadership established by God, no path of peace and prosperity is left open for you. The period of adversity has been long and painful. You should tum lo God, repent, and seek His forgiveness. Let me assure you that to whatever extent the matters may have worsened, if you submit today before the leadership established by God, then not only will you rise as a great power in the world, but such a great movement of the new supremacy of Islam will be set in motion that no power in the world will be able lo confront it and the progress which appears lo spread over centuries will become a matter of years. Whether you join us or not, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is in any case, staking its body, soul and its resources as it has always done in this path. It is doing it today and will continue to make these sacrifices tomorrow and the honour of this final triumph will be written only in the destiny of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaal. So, come and be included in this blessed and historical good fortune. May God enable you lo do so and may God enable us to serve you. You have been given most excellent servants who, in the name of God, for the sake of God, and in the love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad. . . are ready and eager to give sacrifices for you in difficult times but you have taken no advantage of them and have thus been deprived of their service. It is the greatest 37