The
Promise
of Allah to the Prophet
&
the Believers
So,
as the Khalifatullah of this era, I do the work that I have [been
ordained] to do, and it is Allah Who guides and directs me to give
those very important message because tomorrow when you present
yourself before your Creator, you will not be able say you weren’t
aware of anything. You will not be able to say, “No one said
anything; I did not receive the message.” You will not be able to
say this to your Creator! I am doing the work that Allah (swt) has
given me, according to divine instruction and now it is up to you to
take the responsibility to either accept or reject the message. It is
up to you whether you accept it or turn your back on the divine
message. Each one of you will be responsible for his action, on the
Day of Retribution when each will be accountable to the Creator. In
this temporal world, we are all travellers, we are temporary in this
world; so we have to think a little bit about the afterlife, because
it’s life after death that will be permanent for us.
Now
I quote a verse found in Surah An-Nur, the Chapter “The Light”
(24: 56), where Allah says: “He
will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for
them”. Similarly in Surah
Al-Maida (5: 4), Allah also said, “This
day I have perfected for you your religion, and have completed My
favour upon you and have approved Islam for you as religion.”
This
means that Allah (swt) will put forward and make a final announcement
that Islam will gain strength and honour through the blessed system
established by Him [Allah (swt)] where He will continue to send His
divine favour, His Chosen Servant, His Khalifatullah and it is
through His Chosen One (or Chosen Ones) that He will allow the
religion of Islam to gain victory worldwide. As I already explained
to you in my two sermons of the past two Fridays, the Holy Prophet
(pbuh) planted this seed of Islam, and then there must be a
continuation of this work, the same work as this noble and perfect
man, that is to say, Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) sowed. He sowed the seed
of Islam but what happened today? What has happened to the Muslims?
Where have the real teachings of Islam gone? It is not in vain that
our beloved prophet (pbuh) said ... ***, and especially when the
verse from the Holy Quran was revealed on the subject where Allah
(swt) says:
“Wa
aakhariina minhum lamma yal-haquu bihim”
And
among others who have not yet joined them.
(Surah Al-Jumu’ah 62: 4).
This
verse contains a very great prophecy where some may even question the
mission of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and the teachings of Islam in the
last days when these true teachings [those of Islam] are flouted, and
when this happens, then definitively Allah (swt) will raise a witness
to safeguard this Sahih Al Islam
(that is to say, Islam in its authenticity). *** When this verse was
revealed, Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) made us understand this because he
said: “Law kaanal imaanu mu’allaqan
bith-thurayya lanaa luhu rajulun min haa’ulaai.”
(Bukhari - Kitab-’ul Tafsir).
And
when he said these words, he had placed his hand on the shoulder of
Salman Farsi, and Salman Farsi was a Persian and this prophecy came
true in the days of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (as) the Messiah of the
past century, but this prophecy does not stop here; it continues to
be realized in this century through the coming of this humble servant
whom Allah (swt) has raised in this era. This humble servant raised
by Allah is the servant and guardian of the continuation of the work
of the noble prophet (pbuh) and I am also a firm believer in the Holy
Prophet (pbuh) and also a firm believer in the Honourable Promised
Messiah (as). Just as Hazrat Massih Ma’ud’s (as) claim as Messiah
could not be done by someone outside of the Ummah
of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), similarly this humble servant of Allah,
the Khalifatullah of this era cannot be someone who is outside the
Ummah of
Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), nor outside the Jamaat of Hazrat Massih Ma’ud
(as) also. So, to revive these true teachings of Islam (this Sahih
Al Islam) this Elect of Allah cannot be
separated or excluded from the circle (or community) of the noble
prophet (pbuh) and the Honourable Promised Messiah (as). He must be a
very firm follower of these two: The first being the
Khatam-an-Nabiyyine
(the Seal of the Prophets), and the other one being the
Khatam-an-Khulafa
(the Seal of the Caliphs). Even the advent of Hazrat Massih Ma’ud
(as) is of no value without his attachment to Nabi Kareem Hazrat
Muhammad (pbuh).
So
concerning the Hadith which I have just quoted [reported by Hazrat
Abu Huraira (ra)], Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) says that even if the faith
disappears on earth and reaches the Pleiades until even reaching a
star called Surrayya, [I make you understand this Hadith from the
words of the prophet (pbuh)] then Allah (swt) will send a man or
several men who will bring this faith back to earth.
So
think a little about how faith, divine teaching will be trampled on
by human hands to the point that every time Allah (swt) will have to
send someone to revive these true Islamic teachings. There must be
this divine system of continuation of the Elect of Allah where Allah
(swt) sends His Khalifatullah and he will then manifest himself with
great splendour and glory because he will be someone that Allah (swt)
has Himself chosen and sent.
“Fa-’immaa
ya-ti-yan-nakum-minnii Hudan-faman tabi-’a Hudaa-ya falaa khaw-fun
‘alayhim wa laa hum yah-zanuun”. And
if there comes Guidance from Me, whoso follow My Guidance will have
no fear and will not be afflicted.
(Al-Baqara 2: 39).
In
another verse from the Holy Quran, Allah (swt) says: “It is He
who sent His Messenger with the right guidance and the religion of
truth, so that it triumphs over all other religions, however
repulsive those who associate others with Allah may find it.”
(At-Taubah 9: 33).
So
it is very clear that there are no clearer explanations than this,
that it is Allah (swt) Himself Who sends His Messenger with guidance
(divine guidance) to revive the true teachings of this true religion,
the religion of truth, the Sahih
Al Islam.
There
is a message in the two verses which I mentioned as well as a warning
that if you isolate yourselves from this divine system, if you move
away from the Messenger that Allah has Himself sent with the
guidance, then it will not be possible for you to have some divine
blessing or progress and success. This explanation [or implication]
is also included in these aforementioned verses and which is
perfectly clear. It’s the word of Allah. Success and prosperity
will be for those who remain in the circle of the Chosen One whom
Allah has sent with His message and guidance to spread the religion
of truth. And whoever arrogantly and proudly turns his back on the
one whom Allah (swt) has sent, he will go to his ruin; he will lose
in this world as well as in the hereafter as well.
More
than 1400 years of the history of Islam testify that as long as the
true system of the Khilafat-e-Rashideen
(well-guided Caliphs) was present, Islam went from progress to
progress and triumphed. The sun of success and prosperity set when
the Muslims were deprived of this blessing by their bad deeds. After
the death of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), Allah (swt) had given Muslims
such excellent successors, which had enabled the Muslim community to
go from success to success because the Muslim believers were united
and firmly held the Tawheed
[oneness of God] and the teachings of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh).
And
during this period of the Caliphs guided by Allah (swt), which lasted
about 30 years, the glory of Islam was established not only in
Arabia, but also in all corners of the world. Allah (swt) had
promised a community of believers in Surah Al-Imran (3: 140) with one
condition: “You
will have the upper hand if you are (true) believers”.
That is to say, you [i.e. Muslims] will only be victorious if you do
not abandon your Islam.
In
keeping with this promise, Muslims have achieved successes and
victories in all areas and in all directions. When the situation
after the death of Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) was very critical for
Islam, after the establishment of the Khilafat-e-Rashideen
system, the flag of Islam was quickly upheld [in high regard] in
eastern Afghanistan to the border of China and Tripoli and on the
northern edge of East Africa and in the North to the Caspian Sea and
to Ethiopia in the South. This progress and victory of the Caliphs
guided and approved by Allah (by Divine Guidance) has surprised the
world even today.
This
was the time of the progress of Islam to such an extent when even
very strong opponents found themselves powerless to stop the Muslims.
Such was the greatness of Islam and respect for Muslims that even the
great empires and emperors trembled when they heard their names (i.e.
those of the Muslims) and they showed deep respect for them when they
heard their names being spoken. The truth is that in this period of
well-guided Caliphs, Islam received such great glory and eminence
that even today an impartial historian will be dazzled when he
analyzes that time [in history]. He cannot understand how the
inhabitants of the desert conquered the world. He does not realize
that this was the fruit [efforts] of the well-guided Caliphs. When
Allah (swt) sends His Messenger with guidance, and when you hear him
speaking (i.e., the Messenger of Allah, the Khalifatullah), in fact
it is Allah [through him] Who is speaking and giving good news to
believers.
I
tell you: O Community of believers and those who do
good! I tell you that the Caliph chosen by Allah i.e., the
Khalifatullah, is a great divine blessing, so treat him with respect
because he is someone that Allah (swt) sent among you and Allah (swt)
speaks through him. As long as many of you remain firm on your Iman
(faith) and continue to persevere in good deeds, Allah (swt) will
continue to pour down His divine blessings upon you. So do not become
ungrateful to Allah, to His divine blessing and do not look at divine
revelations with disgust [and also do not play with revelations]. It
is true that Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh) and Hazrat Massih Ma’ud (as)
are dead, but their light that Allah (swt) had sent has not been put
out and this light will continue to light and continuously illuminate
every nook and cranny of this world. It guides you to the right path,
be it for women and men. The rays of this divine light are reflected
through the Caliph of Allah - the Khalifatullah. So in abandoning the
Caliph of Allah there is neither light nor true guidance.
So
it’s time to stop sleeping and to stop turning a deaf ear [to the
call of Allah and His Khalifatullah]. Come, come out of the darkness,
the sun has risen. Don’t stay asleep! May Allah (swt) have mercy on
you and grant you faith. Ameen Summa Ameen, Ya
Rabbul Aalameen!
---Friday Sermon of 24 January 2020 ~28 Jamadi’ul Awwal 1441 AH delivered by Hadhrat Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (atba) of Mauritius.