Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
10MESSAGE OF PEACEFountainhead of all beneficence and the Source of everyphysical and spiritual strength. All that exists is sustained byHim. He is the Support for every creature.It is the universal beneficence of God which encompassesall peoples, all countries and all ages. It so happened lestanyone should have cause to complain that: ‘God hasbestowed His favour upon such and such people, but notupon us.’ Or that: ‘So and so received the Book in order to beguided while we did not.’ Or that: ‘In such and such an age,He revealed Himself through His revelations, communicationsand miracles but in our time He remained hidden.’ Thus, bydemonstrating His universal beneficence, He left no justificationfor such possible accusations. He displayed His virtuesboundlessly so that no people remain bereft of physical andspiritual bounties from Him. He also did not treat any age asdoomed.So, when such are the attributes of our Lord, it is butbefitting for us to acquire them ourselves. So, O compatriots!This short epistle entitled A Message of Peace is being presentedto you with all due respects and with a sincere heartfelt prayerthat Almighty God may Himself inspire you and fill yourhearts with trust in my sincerity, lest you misread this friendlygesture and consider it to be an attempt to gain some ulteriormotive. Dear Countrymen! The matter of the Hereafter isvery often obscured to ordinary people. Its secrets are knownonly to a few of the enlightened, who embrace a kind ofdeath [for the sake of their Lord] before they actually die. Thegoodness of this world, on the other hand, is easily recognisedby any man with vision and wisdom.
MESSAGE OF PEACE 11It is a common experience that calamities which cannot beaverted by ordinary measures, and the difficulties which seeminsurmountable, very often respond to the power ofunanimity. Hence it would be against the dictates of wisdomfor one to not benefit from the blessings of unanimity. TheHindus and the Muslims are two great nations inhabiting thiscountry. It is hard to believe that either of the two, forinstance the Hindus, would one day gain total dominationover the Muslims, and turn them out of this country altogether.Likewise, it is not possible for Muslims to expel theHindus from their homeland. It should always be borne inmind that Hindus and Muslims are indispensable to eachother in this country. If one is beset with a calamity, the otherwill inescapably share it. If either one intends to humiliate theother, out of egoistic pride or vanity, then it will not escapethe consequent disgrace itself. And if anyone among themfalls short of showing concern for his neighbour, then he toowill suffer the ill effect of his callousness. Anyone whocontemplates annihilation of the other is like one who sawsoff the branch on which he is sitting. With the Grace ofAllah, you have also got a measure of education; it behovesyou now to eschew grudge and promote mutual love. Similarly,the dictates of your wisdom require that you abandonthe course of callousness and adopt an attitude of compassionand sympathy. The hardship of this life is like unto a journeyin a desert in the midst of summer on a hot sunny day. Itwould be futile to take this arduous journey without coolwater. It is the cool water of mutual love which you so direlyneed to extinguish this burning fire and to save you fromdying of thirst.
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10MESSAGE OF PEACEFountainhead <strong>of</strong> all beneficence and the Source <strong>of</strong> everyphysical and spiritual strength. All that exists is sustained byHim. He is the Support for every creature.It is the universal beneficence <strong>of</strong> God which encompassesall peoples, all countries and all ages. It so happened lestanyone should have cause to complain that: ‘God hasbestowed His favour upon such and such people, but notupon us.’ Or that: ‘So and so received the Book in order to beguided while we did not.’ Or that: ‘In such and such an age,He revealed Himself through His revelations, communicationsand miracles but in our time He remained hidden.’ Thus, bydemonstrating His universal beneficence, He left no justificationfor such possible accusations. He displayed His virtuesboundlessly so that no people remain bereft <strong>of</strong> physical andspiritual bounties from Him. He also did not treat any age asdoomed.So, when such are the attributes <strong>of</strong> our Lord, it is butbefitting for us to acquire them ourselves. So, O compatriots!This short epistle entitled A <strong>Message</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peace</strong> is being presentedto you with all due respects and with a sincere heartfelt prayerthat Almighty God may Himself inspire you and fill yourhearts with trust in my sincerity, lest you misread this friendlygesture and consider it to be an attempt to gain some ulteriormotive. Dear Countrymen! The matter <strong>of</strong> the Hereafter isvery <strong>of</strong>ten obscured to ordinary people. Its secrets are knownonly to a few <strong>of</strong> the enlightened, who embrace a kind <strong>of</strong>death [for the sake <strong>of</strong> their Lord] before they actually die. Thegoodness <strong>of</strong> this world, on the other hand, is easily recognisedby any man with vision and wisdom.
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