Hazrat Mir Muhammad Ismail (ra) — Page 71
71 Be he Abu - Bakr or Nuruddin , Or Mahmood, the delight of the prophets. The u nity of the People of Ahmad as - I s indeed, the prime objective. - [ Bukhār - e - Dil ] Ḥaḍrat Mir Sahib ra did all that he possib ly could to bring the defecting members of the Ahmadiyya Jamā‘at back to the fold of Khilafat. He wrote articles to convince them and poems to invite them and extended to them his most sincere words of counsel. For the Love of God, he did all that he could to protect, the unity of the Jamā‘at. Once again, to put it in his own words: The unity of the People of Ahmad as Is indeed, the prime objective. - [ Bukhār - e - Dil ] In a nother prayerful poem of his, Ḥaḍrat Mir Muhammad Ismail ra prays for the Holy Prophe t Muhammad sa , and for the Prophet's dutiful servant the Mahdī as , and for the Ahmadiyya Jamā‘at , in the following words: May the glory of the "Seal of the Messengers s a s " soar. May the beauty of his servant - the Mahdī as - be blessed. May the splendour of A hmadiyyat be so augmented , That its magnificence stands out uniquely blessed. May the purpose of our living be our union with God. May our death s be rapturous and our union s be blessed. May the mark of the Mahdī be displayed on our face. May our speech be pure ; our demeanour be blessed.