Religion: Strive For High Quality God Consciousness And Purity

With God’s grace each day we witness progress of the Community. Just as our Community expands, its opponents and enviers too are growing in every country. Their growth is proof that with the blessings of God, we are moving onwards in the world. The scheming of the opponents and detractors is a measure of our success. A believer should not be perturbed by it. What should perturb a believer is any lack in sincerity and connection with the Community and with Khilafat, or any deficiency in standards of Taqwa.

The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that it is precarious even if piety and Taqwa get stagnant in a person because this leads to downward slope. Thus, Hudhur said our men, women, children, elders and youngsters should be concerned about that enemy within which stops from enhancing in Taqwa. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that we should not be concerned by the external opposition but should focus on enhancing in Taqwa and purity.

God Himself would deal with the opponents. As it is stated in the Qur’an: ‘Verily, Allah is with those who are righteous and those who do good.’ (16:129) Hudhur explained that if we enhance in piety the enemy cannot harm us in any way. This is what our 125 year history tells us. The enemy has taken the lives of a few of our dear ones; indeed, he has also pillaged our property. In return, those of us who departed this world have found eternal life of God’s pleasure and God has also made up for the financial loss on individual level. Hudhur said many in the congregation before him were witness to this. God has also blessed us on a communal level in return for the sacrifices in an immeasurable way.

Thus, our concern should not be about the scheming of the opponents, but about any lack of Taqwa to attain God’s pleasure. Our prayers will attract God’s grace if we have a strong connection with Him, whereas He will contend with the opponent Himself as indeed He has been doing. Hudhur said our opposition is not limited to local level; rather it is carried out via newspapers and TV channels all over the world. But it becomes a source of introduction for us.

[Extract from the Sermon delivered by His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Head of the Worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, on Sept 16th 2011 from Germany]

The Ahmadiyya Post, Religion. Oct 06 2011