The Victory of Islam — Page 19
H H A A D D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD 19 with His own hand. Granted, an individual with superficial thinking might consider only the scheme of publishing books to be necessary, while dismissing the other branches as unnec - essary and useless; however, all of them are vital in the view of God Almighty. As for the cause of the reformation that He has ordained, that reformation cannot possibly come to pass except through employing these five methods. Although this entire oper - ation is entrusted to the special assistance and special grace of God Almighty—He alone being sufficient to bring about its fruition and His promises of good news granting a sense of reassurance— yet it is through His very command and prompting that the atten - tion of Muslims is being drawn to provide assistance, just as how in the days of yore all the Prophets of God Almighty would draw the attention [of people] during times of difficulties. So, it is with this same purpose of calling attention that I proclaim the obvious fact of how much collective support is required from Muslims to maintain the best and broadest approach of implementing these five branches. Considering just the initiative of publishing books as an exam - ple, imagine—if we accept this service as our responsibility with the intent of maximum propagation—the financial resources that will be incumbent upon us for its accomplishment. For, if our intent is truly to accomplish the propagation [of Islam], then our real goal should be the dissemination of our religious publi - cations—which are replete with the gems of diligent investigation and meticulous scrutiny, drawing seekers of truth to the right path—to urgently and abundantly reach those who have been infected by corrupt teachings and are either afflicted with fatal [spiritual] diseases or are well-nigh on the brink of [spiritual]