Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 1908-2008 — Page 21
Khilafat Centenary in dirt and they need to be cleansed and purified. To fulfill this duty, Allah, the Exalted, has established the system of Zakat, because taking care of the poor and weak members of theJama'at is also the duty of the Khalifa and funds are needed for this work. So Allah Himself made provision for the execution of this tnQF WISDOM He causes the prayers of such a one to be more accepted because if it were not so it would be a cause of disgrace of His own selection. You should pray for me that Allah bestow upon me more opportunities to pray for you and that Allah may cause every kind of laziness in me to change into vigor and activity. Whatever prayer I utter, that [prayer}, God willing, shall have far greater strength than the individual prayers of anyone. c ~ 0 ~ "They shall worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me;" One meaning of these words I have explained in my tract entitled: Who is it that can stop the work of God? Allah has given me another understanding of these words and this meaning is as follows. Firstly, in this verse mention is made of the divine promise. Then the promise to bestow Khilafat is stressed by use of the stress emphasizing 'laam'; and further underlined by use of the stress emphasizing 'noon'. So as to say that God will do this and will certainly do this. Then it is said that God will, of a sure certainty bless these Khulafa with power and establish them. Someone has said something very fine in connection with 'yuzakeehim ', he will purify them and that is that the result of these three things is that purification is achieved, in other words: recitation of the Holy Qur'an, and teach the Book and wisdom then after this purity of the souls will develop. After having mentioned these things, Hadhrat Musleh Mau'ood'" says: Hadhrat Musleh Mau'oodra task and made Zakat incumbent upon the rich. So remember the meaning of 'yuzakeehim' is to purify them, to develop sincerity, and to cause increase of every type, and fourthly to arrange for donations and thus cause reformation to take place. Now the people of the Anjuman may speak because to arrange for these things calls for an Anjuman to be in existence but despite this, this work is not the work of the Anjuman it is the work of the Khalifa. Further discussing the topic of purifying their souls Hadhrat Musleh Mau'ood, the Promised Reformer'" states: Thus the first requirement of purifying them calls for supplication. By the Grace of God, I pray frequently and much -- you should also make use of prayer. But remember there is a difference between my prayers and your prayers, just as there is a difference in the impact of a report received from an officer of a province as compared to the impact of the report presented by the Lieutenant Governor or the Viceroy. Similarly when God appoints someone to the lofty office of Khilafat, immense pleasure. I have pondered on the verse relating to Khilafat and I was blessed with very subtle meanings of this verse pondering on which I received Allah the Exalted says: Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will, surely, make them successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will, surely, establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will, surely, give them in exchange security and peace after their fear; They will worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me. Then whoso disbelieves after that, they will be the rebellious. [24:56] "They shall worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me"; One meaning of these words I have explained in my tract entitled: Who is it that can stop the work of God? Allah has given me another understanding of these words and this meaning is as follows. Firstly, in this verse mention is made of the divine promise. Then the promise to bestow Khilafat is stressed by use of the stress emphasizing 'laam '; and further underlined by use of the stress emphasizing 'noon'. So as to say that God