Some Hidden Pearls — Page 46
; tive of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, in his position as the Reformer of this age, it was his basic belief that, irrespective of caste or creed, it was the duty of every true Muslim that he should remain loyal to the government of his country. This is the same principle which the Holy Prophet. Muhammad (peace be on him) scrupulously observed during the Meccan period of his life which Moses observed while the Israelities were living under the Pharaoh, before the exodus from Egypt; and which Jesus. Christ observed under the Roman rule over. Palestine in his day. In fact, this is the very teaching which the Holy Quran imparts, in principle, in the clearest words, (Sura Nisa, verse 60), where we read: "O ye Believers, give obedience to Allah, and to the Apostle of Allah, and to those established in authority over you. ". In the light of this clear teaching, the. Ahmadiyya Movement, which, by the grace of God, is now a universal Movement, having spread in most of the Asiatic countries, in most of the West and East 46