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114 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad are two classes of people who primarily benefit from the bestowal alluded to in this verse: kings and divinely appointed men of God. First, God appoints His chosen ones, ی ٰ هَد َّ ثُم , i. e. then He furnishes everything that is required by them for the propagation of their message. In my case, God has provided all the means that I require; rail transport, telegram services, postal facilities, the printing press, etc. , which are facilities that the previous Prophets, peace be upon them, were not granted. This is a form of superiority that I enjoy in one aspect, and a partial superiority of this nature is no dishonour to the Prophets. ” The State of the Godly The Promised Messiah as said: “My work on the commentary that I was writing has now come to its conclusion and it was my desire to take some rest for two or three days before turning to other important tasks, but I cannot bring myself to sit idle. It is written in Maulana Rum’s Mathnawi that there is an illness in which a person feels the need to be constantly massaged. So too is the case with the godly; they can never sit at rest. At times, God will send down a difficult task for them to accomplish, and at other times, they will, of their own accord, take on a challenge for themselves. It is very blessed indeed for an individual to remain engaged in some work for the sake of God. A day that goes by empty of such labour is a day of grief. There can be nothing more fulfilling in the world than for a person to work in the way of God, and then for God to open a way for such people and bless them with His support. However, without sincerity, every labour is useless. One ought to work purely for the sake of God with no vested interest. ” 1 25 February 1901 Important Advice for the Community Whilst exhorting the members of his community to show love for one another, instructing them to be kind and gentle on noticing a person’s spiritual weakness, and whilst expressing the sincere pain in his heart for the well-being of his com- munity, the Promised Messiah as said: “I advise the members of my community to have mercy on those from among them who are weak and fragile. They ought to 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 8, dated 3 March 1901, p. 12 p. 100