Some Hidden Pearls — Page 12
that the heavens should withold its rising until, with toil and endeavour, our hearts turn into blood; and until, to bring it about we sacrifice all our comforts, accepting all kinds of disgrace, so that Islam should be raised to a position of honour. . The revival of Islam demands from us an indemnity. And what is that indemnity? Verily, this indemnity is that we should die in this path; this is the death on which depends the life of Islam, the life of the. Muslims, and the manifestation of the Living God. (Fateh Islam) ". All the attention of the Promised. Messiah, and all his endeavour, throughout his life was devoted to this that he should teach to his followers the way to die in the service of Islam. Accordingly we find that under this teaching many of his followers have lived their lives in the service of Islam in such a manner that from the worldly point of view they entered their graves while still alive, presenting be12