Islam
claims the legacy of all religions that came before it and consolidates within
it the great spiritual message of all times: ‘Believe in One God and leave aside the gods besides God, the Lord’.
According to the Holy Qur’an, that is the simple but profound Message all
Prophets and the Divine Elects of the past have always taught their people(s).
And Islam promises the great blessing of Divine Elects who will come in the Ummah as practical role models of living spirituality in every century. To raise and appoint a Messenger to teach the Book and practical wisdom is a Divine prerogative. Consequentially, it is the duty of people of the age to recognize, accept and assist the Messenger when he announces his Divine Mission. Yet, when Allah (twa) appoints a Divine Messenger, the people of his times will most likely, cling to their traditional rituals and inherited notions of faith and belief. Arrogance of affluence and vanity of pride will induce them to look down upon the Divine Message and the Messenger. When they seek to reject a Messenger, they do it only by trampling upon the eternal spiritual teachings and the subtle ways of the Divine Will.
And Islam promises the great blessing of Divine Elects who will come in the Ummah as practical role models of living spirituality in every century. To raise and appoint a Messenger to teach the Book and practical wisdom is a Divine prerogative. Consequentially, it is the duty of people of the age to recognize, accept and assist the Messenger when he announces his Divine Mission. Yet, when Allah (twa) appoints a Divine Messenger, the people of his times will most likely, cling to their traditional rituals and inherited notions of faith and belief. Arrogance of affluence and vanity of pride will induce them to look down upon the Divine Message and the Messenger. When they seek to reject a Messenger, they do it only by trampling upon the eternal spiritual teachings and the subtle ways of the Divine Will.
Ahmadi
Muslims know in the heart of their hearts that there is nothing in the
spiritual doctrine which stands in the way of the appearance of a Divine
Messenger in this age- the Fifteenth Century of Islam. Yet, they are not able
to come forward to recognize the Divine Messenger among them because of certain
wrong notions they have developed as their theological doctrines. They have not
understood the full significance and grandeur of the Divine Message descending
down upon the Chosen Messenger of Allah in our times. They are in doubt as to how
can this happen when they have themselves elected a Khalifa for themselves and
remain ‘united’ largely as a community. To protect the power and authority of
their elected Khalifa, however, Ahmadis have no option but to propagate that
which contradicts their own inner conscience: Khatme Massih Maoud. Many Ahmadis are increasingly unhappy with
this kind of theological foreclosure of Divine Elects by the community’s own
divines and leaders and are coming forward to embrace the Divine Manifestation
in Mauritius.
On
September 22, 2013 the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, Kerala (India) organized a
special Tarbiyyat and new Bai’at Programme whereby some Ahmadis from Kerala took
Bai’at at the hands of the Imam of the Age, Muhyi-ud-Din Khalifatullah, Hadhrat
Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius. The special address of the
Khalifatullah on the occasion throws profound light on the subject of living Islam
and the vital blessing of a Divine Elect being raised in this age.
Read
the Extracts from the Speech: