World Crisis and the Pathway to Peace — Page 10
10 our Prophet sa who instructed us that the love of one’s country is an integral part of one’s faith. * The teaching of Islam has been fur- ther elaborated and emphasised by the Founder of the Ahmadiyya Community, whom we believe to be the Promised Messiah as and the Reformer of this Age. He said that by announcing his claim God Almighty has placed two burdens upon him. One is the right of God and the other is right of God’s creation. He went on to say that discharg- ing the rights owed to God’s creation was the most difficult and delicate challenge. ** With reference to Khilafat, you may fear that a time might come when history repeats itself and wars may start as a result of this form of leadership. Let me assure you, however, that although this accusation is laid against Islam, God Willing, the Ahmadiyya Khilafat will always be known as the standard-bearer of peace and harmony in the world, as well as be loyal to the country in which members reside. The Ahmadiyya Khilafat is also here to perpetuate and continue the mission of the Messiah and Mahdi, and so there is absolutely no reason to fear the Khilafat. This Khilafat draws the attention of members of the Community towards fulfilling these two obligations for which the Promised Messiah as came, and as a result, tries to create peace and harmony in the world. Now, because of the time constraint, I come to the subject matter. If we survey the last few centuries impartially, we will * Tafs i r-e- H aqq i , S u rah al-Qa s a s , no. 86, and Fat h ul-B a r i f i Shar h S a hih al-Bukh a r i , B a bo Qaulill a he Ta‘ a l a Wa’tul-boy u ta… and To h fatul- A h wadh i Shar h o J a mi‘ it-Tirmadh i , B a bo M a Yaq u l ** Malf uza t , vol. 1, p. 326