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42 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad makes a request for prayer and their cry for help must move the person to whom a request is made, so that the latter is wholly overcome by emotion and supplicates with a sense of resolve. ” Even Attention and Emotion in Prayer Descend from God Almighty The Promised Messiah as said: “The fact of the matter is that all these things are conferred as a gift from God Almighty and are not of man’s own effort. Even attention in prayer and emotion descend from God, when God wills for the path of success to be cleared for a certain person. However, in the system of apparent means, it is necessary for a supplicant to be moved by a strong catalyst. This is only possible when the one submitting a request for prayer transforms themselves in such a way that the supplicant to whom they have made a request is inclined towards them with a sense of restlessness. ” Prayer and Service to the Faith The Promised Messiah as said: “The sort of person who attracts my attention, and for whom I feel an inclination to pray is only of one sort. When I come to know that a certain person is engaged in serving the Faith, and their person is beneficial to God, the Messenger of God, the Book of God and the servants of God, the pain and anguish that such a person feels is actually my own. ” The Promised Messiah as said: “Our friends ought to make a firm resolve in their hearts that they will serve the Faith. A person ought to serve in whichever manner or way that is possible for them. ” Then, the Promised Messiah as said: “I truthfully say that valuable and worthy in the sight of God is the one who is a servant of the Faith and beneficial to mankind. Otherwise, God does not care if such people die like dogs and sheep. ” The Bond Between God Almighty and Man One day, the Promised Messiah, on whom be peace, said: “Two friends can only carry on as such when on certain occasions the former listens to the latter and vice versa. If one friend demands to get his way every time, this will spoil the relationship. So, too, should be the case in the bond between man and God. At times, Allah Almighty accepts the servant’s desire and opens to them the door of His grace, and on other occasions, the servant must submit to the divine decrees