Ramadhan and Servants of the Gracious God

Published on Aug 12 2011 by Nadimur Rahman

 ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me.’ (2:187)

 
Hudhur recited the following verse at the start of today’s Friday sermon: ‘And when My servants ask thee about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to Me and believe in Me, that they may follow the right way.’ (2:187)
 
The more the world needs to turn to God the further it is going away from Him. People severely lack to make connection with God so that they can be saved from disorders and calamities and improve their future; people whom God created as the most eminent of all creation. Those who appear to have a connection with God also do not seem to understand that outward faith and worship are not sufficient. What is needed is to search for the essence of the spirit which leads to faith. On the other hand, about three quarters of the world population either associates partners with God or rejects His existence altogether. Not only do they reject God’s existence, they also lead the world astray. Among all these is a small section of people who believe in and has faith in God and corroborates the fulfilment of the prophecy of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him). These people accept that when the world forgot its Creator or had no insight or perception of His Being, as an expression of His quality of Rabubiyyat, (quality of sustaining) and to take the world out of the state of disorder, God sent the Imam of the age. With the grace of God, this section of people is the Ahmadiyya Jama’at.
 

However, Hudhur remarked, was it sufficient to be firm on the belief that the Promised one has come and now a few of his followers will work to end the disorder of the world? If we had it, such a thought would put us in the same category as those who claim to have faith and perform worship but their practices are far-removed. If we do not keep an eye on our own condition, if neither we have a living connection with God nor do we inculcate it in our next generation and if we do not make those around us aware of the message of the Promised one, then having found it, we have now lost it. In this way, we have incurred the enmity of the world and have not found God either. After taking the Bai’at of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) we need to instil the true spirit of Ebaadur Rahman (servants of the Gracious God) in ourselves. The spirit for the application of which, the Holy Prophet’s (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) advent took place. When the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was informed by God about his future Ummah, he became concerned, but God assured him with the following verse: ‘And among others from among them who have not yet joined them, He is Mighty, the Wise’. (62:4) Thus removing his concern by stating that just as God had made ignorant, depraved and idolatrous people into godly people [in early Islam], similarly, in spite of deterioration, through an ardent and true devotee of yours among the latter-ones, people of the Ummah will once again become Ebaadur Rahman and will once again be devout people. After the temporary decline, Wise and Powerful God will decree that the faith of Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) will be the only hope to remove the disorders of the world. Thus, now it is the Muhammadan Messiah and his followers who have to play the role in forging a connection with God. 

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