Lecture Ludhiana — Page 8
8 'Pray and I will accept your prayer. ' The Holy Prophet sa also emphasized that prayer is the essence of worship. The other meaning implicit in this revelation is that God wants me to realize through this prayer that though I am alone, a time will come when I’ll no longer be alone. I proclaim that this prophecy shines as bright as day and no one can deny the fact that I was alone at the time. Can anyone dare stand up and say that I had a Jama'at with me? But look! how God Almighty, in accordance with His promise and prophecy of a lifetime ago, has given me a large following! Who can ever deny this great prophecy in the context of such a situation and condition, particu- larly when the same book also contains the prophecy that there will be fierce opposition by people who will try to halt the progress of this Jama‘t, but God will frustrate them in all their designs. Again, as mentioned elsewhere in Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya , God promised not to relent until the pure were made distinct from the impure. By narrating these facts, I do not mean to address those who do not fear God, who distort His words and do not think they are ever going to die. Rather, my appeal is to those God-fearing ones who believe that death is inevitable and that the hour of death approaches fast. Such God-fearing people cannot be so impertinent as to say that this prophecy, made some twenty-five years ago, can be the result of human effort or 7 40: 61 [Translator]