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Pearls of Wisdom
Huzoor-e-Anwar aba said:
This day [Khilafat Day] began on 27th May 1908, when Allah the Almighty – in accordance with His promises – blessed us by establishing the institution of Khilafat within the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The Promised Messiahas was vouchsafed a promise by Allah the Almighty in relation to the progress of the Jamaat was fulfilled on this day. The Promised Messiahas had been preparing his Jamaat for some time that no one could escape death. Even prophets, once they had completed their mission, returned to Allah the Almighty.
The Promised Messiahas repeatedly reminded His Jamaat that the time of his return to his Creator was nigh. However, along with this, he would also give the glad tidings that the Community established by the Promised Messiahas would flourish and spread and that the promises made by Allah the Almighty to him would certainly be fulfilled; and that the Jamaat would progress by the grace of Allah, and no one could hinder it. In one narration, the Holy Prophetsa has made reference to his own era and also the era of the latter days, i.e. referring to the time of the Promised Messiahas and also mentioned the establishment of the institution of Khilafat after him.... For some time now, I have been mentioning accounts of the Companions(ra) that participated in the Battle of Badr, which also included the Rightly Guided Caliphs. These days, accounts of the life of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiqra are being narrated. Throughout the accounts relating to the Khulafa, it is clear as daylight that in their role as the Khalifa, all of them worked selflessly, followed the traditions of the Holy Prophetsa and made the Holy Quran their guiding principle. In other words, they tried to remain firmly established on the precepts of prophethood throughout....
The Promised Messiahas has stated all of these things in his book, The Will, in which he also gave the glad tiding of the establishment of Khilafat. Hence, this statement of his indicates that every Ahmadi should have a connection of sincerity and loyalty with Khilafat and they are the ones who will rise to the level of doing justice to their oath of allegiance. It is only when this is achieved that we will be doing justice to commemorating Khilafat Day. May Allah the Almighty enable everyone to do justice to their oath of allegiance and also reap the blessings of Allah the Almighty. (Friday Sermon - 27th May 2022)
Holy Qur'an
Allah has promised to those among you who believe and do good works that He will surely make them Successors in the earth, as He made Successors from among those who were before them; and that He will surely establish for them their religion which He has chosen for them; and that He will surely give them in exchange security and peace after their fear: They will worship Me, and they will not associate anything with Me. Then whoso is ungrateful after that, they will be the rebellious. And observe Prayer and give the Zakat and obey the Messenger, that you may be shown mercy. (Surah An-Nur: 57-56)
The Holy Prophet sa
جاہنم یلع ةفالخ نوکت مث ،اہعفری نأ ءاش اذإ ہللا اہعفری مث ،نوکت نأ ہللا ءاش ام مکیف ۃوبنلا نوکت ءاش ام نوکیف اضاع اكلم نوکت مث ،اہعفری نأ ءاش اذإ ہللا اہعفری مث ،نوکت نأ ہللا ءاش ام نوکتف ۃوبنلا مث ،نوکت نأ ہللا ءاش ام نوکتف ةیربج اكلم نوکت مث ،اہعفری نأ ہللا ءاش اذإ اہعفری مث ،نوکی نأ ہللا تکس مث ،ۃوبنلا جاہنم یلع ةفالخ نوکت مث ،اہعفری نأ ءاش اذإ ہللا اہعفری
“Prophethood shall remain among you as long as Allah wills. He will bring about its end and follow it with Khilafat on the precepts of prophethood for as long as He wills and then bring about its end. Kingship shall then follow, to remain as long as Allah wills and then come to an end. There shall then be monarchical despotism which shall remain as long as Allah wills and come to an end upon His decree. There will then emerge Khilafat on the precepts of prophethood.” Prophet Muhammadsa then became silent.” (Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, Kitab al-Riqaq, Bab al-Andhar wa al-Tahdhir)
“So dear friends! Since it is the custom, from time immemorial, that God Almighty shows two Manifestations so that the two false joys of the opponents be put to an end, it is not possible now that God should relinquish His sunnah of old. So do not grieve over what I have said to you; nor should your hearts be distressed. For it is essential for you to witness the second Manifestation also, and its coming is better for you because it is everlasting the continuity of which will not end till the Day of Judgement.”
