Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 366
366 It is amazing that at a time when college-educated people and those who have acquired any degree of modern education have become averse to religion and see it as no more than a means of political cohesion, the Promised Messiah as has created a fol - lowing that has acquired modern education and yet their prayer mats become wet with their tears when they pray, their hearts are filled with tender fervour when they supplicate before God, and they hold the interests of Islam and their duty to propagate it above any desire for political gain or fame or wealth. Many among them would do well in the world, but because they see the dire state of Islam and realize the need for intellectual Jihad, they have given up all their worldly aspirations and busied them - selves in the service of Islam. They prefer scarcity to plenty, star - vation to satiety. Ever on their lips is the name of God and the Holy Prophet s as. Their hearts are filled with love for God and the Holy Prophet s as. Their actions demonstrate the glory of God and the Holy Prophet s as. Their countenances shine with the love of God and the Holy Prophet s as. They live in this world and are aware of the concepts of free - dom of thought and action, but they realize that Islam today does not require freedom but obedience. The harm done to Islam by the mischief of the Dajj a l has been through vast and organized propaganda designed to destroy Islam. They realize that the pro - gress of Islam today requires only one thing: that all Muslims submit to God and come together under one banner. It requires the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the learned and the unlettered, to focus their efforts and organize themselves under one leader so that they can together counter the forces of infidel - ity and chaos. Realizing all this, they chose God’s commandments