Khilafat Centenary Souvenir 1908-2008 — Page 22
Khilafat Centenary 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. And then it is said that God will of a sure certainty change their condition of fear into security and peace. So three times the use is made of the emphasizing of 'laam' and 'noon' to stress and underline and stress that such shall be caused to come about by God alone and by no one else. Then we are told why it shall be so. It shall be so because: They shall worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me; and so as a consequence they shall worship Me alone and shall not associate anyone with Me; in other words if a Khalifa is made through the efforts of human beings then such a Khalifa would be under the influence of such a group of people and he shall be beholden to them that they conferred this favor upon him. So Allah says We shall do it all Ourselves so that there should be no likelihood of any danger of the Khalifa associating anyone else with God in any way shape or form or extent. And when the Khalifa shall see the power of God in how He has established him as Khalifa, then not even a whim would occur in his thoughts of anyone having been involved in his being bestowed the mantle of Khilafat. So, in consequence the result will be: "They shall worship Me and they will not associate anything with Me. " Allah has disclosed this meaning to me. Thus Allah appoints a Khalifa and there is none who can dislodge him. Some people say that if there were no Khulafa, would Muslims not have any hope of being saved? When Khilafat had disappeared, then what was the fate of all those Muslims who had passed away in those times? Be aware that this is deceptive thinking. Look, it is written in the Holy Qur'an that to perform ablution you must wash your hands, but a person who loses his hands in some way will still have performed the ablution even though he has not washed his hands. So if someone presents such a person and asks whether this man has performed the ablution or not despite not having washed his hands and if we answer that of course he has done the ablution and he concludes that, well then, I also need not wash my hands as a part of my ablution, such a person would be told 'Look you have hands and that man does not' So the same is the answer for such as have the criticism just mentioned. There was a time when some rulers did not allow the rightly-guided Khilafat to remain established by use of the sword. . . and since things always disappear after a certain time, so when Khilafat was no longer there, there was no sin in people not doing Bai' at at the hand of the Khalifa. But now there is no such sword that stops us from establishing Khilafat. Even now if some government stops the system of Khilafat by use of force then it will be an act of God and people will have to stop, but so long as there is no hindrance in the way of Khilafat till then who can stop Khilafat and so long as there is Khilafat and someone fails to submit to it then such a one will be in the same class of people as those who failed to submit to Hadhrat Abu Bakr' a , Hadhrat Umar' 0 and Hadhrat Uthman ra. Concluding Remarks I have tried to make clear the importance of Khilafat and the mission of Khilafat in the words of the Khulafa themselves and for this purpose have quoted from their powerful words extensively. It is not at all difficult for an Ahmadi to understand the subject. By the Grace of God and as stated by Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih rvr ta the Jama' at has now matured and there is no one who can now harm Khilafat-e- Ahmadiyya in any way shape or form, insha'Allah! This, in fact, should be the feeling of every Ahmadi. Indeed, all Ahmadi Muslims bear witness today that the mission of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya is well established and operating and we are witnesses to the fact that the Khulafa have discharged every responsibility in the most excellent manner and at every step of the way, both individually and at the Community level, provided all the needed spiritual and moral guidance and prayers that were needed, and their work continues day and night and their work is ongoing by the Grace and Mercy of God Almighty. An Ahmadi's Great Responsibility As we celebrate the lOQ th anniversary of the establishment of Khilafat-e-Ahmadiyya, it becomes the duty and responsibility of every Ahmadi to make an oath to ensure that not only we, ourselves, but also all our future generations will never forget this oath of ours, namely, to off er every sacrifice for the establishment of Khilafat and to remain forever loyal and obedient to the Khalifa of the time, insha'Allah. May Allah bless us with the strength and ability to so do. Ameen! And our last word is that all praise belongs to Allah alone, Lord of all the worlds.