Fidelity with Allah the Almighty in Conditions of Hardships and Comfort

[From the Friday sermon delivered at the Bait-ul-Futuh Mosque, Morden, United Kingdom, on October 10, 2003]

Fidelity with Allah the Almighty in All Conditions of Hardships and Comfort

In the Friday sermon before last I was speaking on the changes that transpired among Ahmadis once they joined the Community of the Promised Messiahas having promised to act upon the ten conditions of bai‘at. I had presented some incidents and now I shall take the subject further.

In the fifth condition, the Promised Messiahas took the pledge that: Even if you are faced with hardship, adversity, trouble, problems, ignominy and humiliation, never find fault with Allah the Almighty. Indeed, continue to seek His grace with the undertaking that you would always remain pleased with the will of Allah the Almighty. I shall present some practical examples of this.

First and foremost is the example of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih Ira. In August 1905 his son ‘Abdul Qayyum passed away after suffering from measles for a few days. He was about

two years old. The model of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih Ira was in accordance with the sunnah of the Prophetsa. He first kissed the child at which his eyes were filled with tears, and then he said:

I uncovered the child’s face not because I was anxious, but to follow the sunnah. When the Holy Prophet’ssa son Ibrahim

ra passed away, the Holy Prophetsa had kissed his face and he was tearful. He glorified Allah the Almighty and said: ‘Though separation is hard to bear even for a short while, nevertheless, I am content at the will of Allah the Almighty.’ To fulfill this sunnah I uncovered his face and kissed him. It is Allah the Almighty’s grace and a reason to be happy that a chance to fulfill a sunnah was granted to me.

This is the action of the person about whom the Promised Messiahas said:

How wonderful it would be if everyone in my Community was Nur-ud-Din However, this can only happen if each heart is filled with the light of faith.

Another example is of Hadrat Chaudhry Nasrullah Khan ra . Chaudhry Zafrullah Khan ra writes:

We had a brother whose name was Hamidullah Khan, who was younger than dear Chaudhry Shukrullah Khan (deceased) and older than Chaudhry ‘Abdullah Khan (deceased). He passed away at the age of about nine years after a few day’s

illness. His death took place at the time of Fajr. My father had been up all night looking after him. After his death, he made arrangements for his burial and other related matters. After having finished with these, he went to work as usual at the time of the courts opening. Neither his clients nor the court officers and his colleagues came to know that he had come to work after having buried his beloved child, content and pleased with the will of his Lord. (Ashab-e-Ahmad, vol. 11, pp. 165–166, published in 1962)

Hadrat Qadi Dia’-ud-Din ra writes:

On the death of my wife and three children, the uproar of the opponents increased. They left no stone un-turned to humiliate me and to hurt me financially in every way. I had also suffered a burglary at home. Considering all these troubles gives a good picture of the extent of anguish and distress

I was going through. All these divinely destined trials and tribulations came to pass about which the Promised

Messiahas had already foretold. During this testing time the

Promised Messiahas graciously wrote a comforting letter of condolence. This too consisted of a prophecy which was fulfiled and is being fulfiled. He wrote that: ‘Indeed you are going through a severe tribulation. It is the way of Allah the

Almighty by which he brings to light the steadfastness of His faithful servants to people, and grants great rewards for being patient. Allah the Almighty would release you of all those troubles and the enemy would be humiliated. Just as Allah the Almighty saved the sinking vessel of the Companionsra of the Holy Prophetsa, the same will happen now. Their mischief will backfire.’ All praise belongs to Allah the