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241 a moment. Why not Abu Talib who actually loved the Holy Prophet sa ? Hence, impatience is not good—the eventual outcome is ruin. ” 1 2 August 1901 From Qadian, the Abode of Peace—Today is Friday. At approximately 8 o’clock in the morning, Dr Rehmat Ali Sahib, Assistant at the Cantonment Hospital Myanmar arrived. The Friday Prayer was offered both in the small mosque (Mubarak Mosque) and in the large mosque (Aqsa Mosque). All praise belongs to Allah that today Sahibzadah Mubarak Ahmad, may Allah Almighty protect him, was feeling much better than before. After the Maghrib Prayer, His Holiness, may Allah help him with His support, remained seated as usual. A man who had been visiting Qadian, the Abode of Peace, for many days, did something very strange. He took the Holy Quran in his hand and said: “O Holy Leader! This is the Word of God. I present this to you and ask you for 300 rupees in return. ” He would offer the Holy Quran to His Holiness as again and again and insist that he take it from him. The Greatest Need of Our Time His Holiness as said: “It is to teach the Holy Quran that I have come. God Almighty sent down the Holy Quran so that it may be practised. This book does not state anywhere that God compels anyone. A person’s every state, whether one of comfort or difficulty, does eventually pass, for time does not concern itself with anyone. There is a saying: the night spent sleeping over the tandoor did pass, and so did the night spent wearing samoor. 2 Why then should a person not give precedence to the work that is their primary responsibility? In my view, the great- est need of our time at present is the life of Islam. Indeed, Islam is in need of all forms of service. Over this need, I cannot give precedence to any other need. I consider it a sin to put aside the work that God Almighty has assigned to me. Let us presume two people were ill. If one of them were to die, it would make little difference, but the other one is of such a nature that if he died, the world would go dark. This is precisely the state of Islam at present. The greatest need of our time at present is to serve Islam to the greatest possible extent in any way possible. One ought to spend whatever money they possess to revive Islam. Now what 1 Al-Hakam , vol. 5, no. 29, dated 10 August 1901, p. 6 2 Samoor is the name of a warm, valuable cloth. [Publisher] p. 221