Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page 38
38 salutation of peace on his behalf—an expression of immeasurable esteem and affection. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , the Elect had been promised Kauthar , that is, legion of devotees, too many to be counted. The Deputy of that Mahdi as is now among you. Allah, the Glorious, has granted you opportunity to see him, talk to him, to hear him and to receive blessings from his person and his speech. It is a day of jubilation for you, so be happy then and express your joy with abandon. I am happy too. I am happy because some eighty years ago a solitary voice rose from an unknown village. It was aimed at establishing firm the Rule of Allah, the Unity of Allah, and the honour and prestige of Muhammad sa , the Holy Prophet of Allah. The world did not regard it. The whole world, in fact, joined in silencing it with all its power but all its resources could not stifle it. The blessings that your mouths invoke on him, the joy of love that has lighted up your faces, in fact each one of you constitutes the evidence that that solitary voice was the voice of a true, a righteous man and was not the voice of a charlatan. When I witness this spectacle I feel overjoyed. You are happy that you saw me. I am happy that I met with you. We are 7000 miles apart. You had no chance to go there and have a look but, the angels of Allah, the Supreme, changed your hearts and ignited in them the love of the Holy Prophet sa. All the powers of the world, the non-Ahmadi Muslims, the Christians, the Hindus, the Jews and the Buddhists had joined forces to still that voice and boasted that they would stifle it. But God said that if a