The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 266
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI to keep him alive forever He laid the foundation for continuing the benefit of his Shariah and his spiritual blessings to the day of. Resurrection. And at long last, from the flow of his spiritual benefits. for mankind, he sent the Promised Messiah to this world whose advent was indispensable for the completion of the structure of Islam. . For it was necessary that this world should not come to an end before the Movement of Muhammad was given the colour of a spiritual. Messiah, the same as was given to the Movement of Moses. This is what the following verse of the Holy Quran points to, namely: 'Guide us along the right path: the path of those on whom Thou Has bestowed Thy favours'. (Our Teaching, p. 7-8) ** 4. So all ye people, counted as members of my community!. In heaven you shall be counted members of my following only when in all truth you actually begin to advance on the paths of righteousness. Offer your five daily obligatory prayers with such concentration and awe of mind as though you were seeing God in front of you, with your physical eyes. Observe the days of fasting for the sake of God in full sincerity. All among you who are liable for. Zakat should never fail to discharge this important obligation; and those on whom the pilgrimage to Mecca has become obligatory. without any obstacles standing in the way, should duly undertake that blessed journey. Do all good deeds with the proper care they deserve. forsaking evil from the real repulsion rising in the heart. Be very, very sure that no action, whatsoever, can take you to God if it is devoid of righteousness of the heart. The root of everything good is Taqwah, (fear of God) in whatever action this root is not lost, that action will never be devoid or futile. It is necessary, too, that you be tried by being thrown into diverse griefs and distresses, even as those before you were tried. Be, therefore, forewarned lest you stumble when the time came. The earth, with everything in it, can inflict no injury on you, provided your contact with heaven is firm. Whenever any injury comes to you, it will come only from your own hands. If all your honour on this earth is lost to you, God will give you an honour in heaven that shall never wane. Therefore do not leave Him, whatever 266