Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 244
FINAL ADMONITIONS Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 244 Since Hadrat Khalifatul Masih ’s ra previous visit to Lahore the mosque in Ahmadiyya Buildings had been erected. As soon as he arrived in Lahore on June 15, he proceeded to the mosque, offered two Rak ‘ a s of prayer and supplicated earnestly at length for those who had been responsible for building the mosque and their progeny. The next day he addressed a large gathering of the members of the community. In the course of his address he said: "God Almighty, of His grace, gathered you together after the Holy Prophet sa through our king, the Promised Messiah as , and after his death safeguarded you against disruption at my hands. Appreciate this divine bounty duly, and do not indulge in futile discussions and speculations. I cannot imagine what moral or spititual benefit do you derive from such discussions. God Almighty made Khal i fa one whom He wished and made you submit yourselves to him. It is folly on the part of those who criticise God’s action. I have told you repeatedly and have shown you from the Holy Quran that it is not for men to make any one a Khal i fa , it is God who makes Khal i fas. Who made Adam as a Khal i fa ? God said: I am about to place a vicegerent in the earth (2:31). The angels protested: He will create disorder in the earth and will shed blood. But what did they gain by their protest? You can read in the Holy Quran that they had to submit in the end. If any one should find fault with me, and even if he should be an angel, I would say to him: It would be better for you to submit to the Khilafat of Adam as. Should he refuse out of arrogance and assume the role of Ibl i s , then he should recall what did his opposition to Adam as profit