Way of The Seekers — Page 8
8 THE Fire, him hast Thou surely humiliated; and the wrongdoers shall have no helpers. Our Lord, we have heard a Crier calling us unto the faith; 'Believe ye in your Lord,, and we have believed. Our Lord, forgive us, therefore, our errors and remove from us our ills, and in death number us with the righteous. Our Lord, bestow upon us that which Thou has promised us through Thy Messengers; and humiliate us not on the day of Resurrection. Surely Thou doest not contrary to Thy promise. Their Lord would answer their prayer; I will not suffer the work of any worker from among you, whether male or female, to be lost. You are spiritually akin one to another. Those, therefore, who have emigrated, and have been driven forth from their homes, and have been persecuted in My cause, and have fought and been slain, I will surely remove from them their ills and will admit them to Gardens through which streams flow-a reward from Allah, and with Allah is the best reward. (3. 191-196). Then he proceeded: I thank God Almighty for His grace and mercy in letting us once again fulfill the sign He has vouchsafed for the identifi- cation of His messenger, His emissary, in our time. We thank God for His grace and mercy in letting us gather once again, not for any worldly honor or purpose, nor for wealth or physical comfort, but for His cause, His name, His remem- brance and for strengthening faith in His Being. I also pray to God that He make our motives pure and our deeds right and appropriate. The Name ‘Minhajut Talibeen’ I turn now to the subject-matter of the speech that I have had in my mind for some time. The subject is so universally important that everyone seeks information about it. Many more than I can count have been questioning me on it. The