From: nr503637@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Nabeel Ahmad Rana)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
Subject: Success under divine help (Ahmadiyya Islam)
Keywords: Ahmadiyya Islam
Date: 8 Apr 92 03:11:00 GMT
Reply-To: nr503637@longs.LANCE.ColoState.EDU (Nabeel Ahmad Rana)
Organization: Engineering College, Colorado State University


	SUCCESS OF HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD (PRMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI) UNDER
DIVINE HELP
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	(ANOTHER PROOF OF THE TRUTH OF AHMADIYYA ISLAM)


	Here I shall describe how, Ahmadiyya ISLAM has been successful under
the divine help from Allah Subhana Tallah. 

	Inspite of universal hostility and the absence of natural advantages,
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) succeeded in his claim. The Holy Quran
lays down as Allah's Law that Allah does not spare for long those who
invent lies about Him. But we find that Hazrat Ghulam Ahmad (A.S)
published the revelations which he received from Allah and which
addressed him as a reformer. Yet he lived for forty years after the
publication of those revelations and during this long time he continued
to receive the Help and Grace of Allah, in small ways and large ones. If
an imposter could live so long and prosper so well after the publication
of fabricated revelations, then , Allah forbid, we would have to admit
that the criterion laid down in verse 69:45 of the Holy Quran was false
and that even the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) could not cite this
criterion in proof of his claim. But the criterion laid down by the Holy
Quran cannot be false. If it cannot be false, and it is not false, then
it should also apply to the claims of Hazrat Ahmad (A.S). If he
published the revelations received by him, and lived long after their
publication, and Allah did not only spare him but even helped him, then
we have to admit that HE WAS A TRUE ONE SENT BY ALLAH!

	At the time when he published his revelations he was not known to many,
certainly not the world at large. After their publication, in spite of
untold hostility from all classes, he won the esteem and allegiance of
large numbers, so much so that even his enemies were obliged to show
regard for him. He began to be called an important Muslim Leader. The
Government of the day, which at first suspected him, came to trust and
respect him as an influence for peace and goodwill. His name spread to
many parts of the world, and among his followers could be counted many
sincere devotees who would sacrifice their lives for his sake. Even in
European countries where people are generally hostile to Islam, he found
followers who accepted Islam on hearing his message. They came to feel
real and deep love for him. The devotion, esteem, and affection which
Hazrat Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) came to inspire, despite universal hostility
in the beginning would have been impossible had he been an impostor. 

	When Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) announced his claim, he was alone.
Hostility of the worst kind by Maulvis, Pirs, Gaddi Nashins, pundits,
padris, by rich and poor alike, and (at least in the beginning) by the
ruling class, greeted the announcement of his claim. All endeavoured to
prevent any attention being paid to it. In spite of this, people began
to join him in twos and threes. He found followers among rich and poor,
among the Ulema as well as Sufis. Muslims joined him as will as Hindus
and Christians, from his ouwn country and from abroad. His following
increased. When he died they could be counted in six figures. The number
continued to increase. Right now the number of his followers is
increasing at rate which is destined to engulf all of man-kind!

	Today, Ahmadiyya Islam stands established in 120 countries of the
world, in all continents, with about 10 million adherents. Governments,
parties, groups and individuals have utterly failed to arrest the
progress of its grwoth. Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) belonged to a
politically subject people; yet he found followers among the free
nations of the world. Converts came from religions which for generations
had maintained a deep and incurable prejudice against Islam. SUCESS OF
THIS KIND AND ON THIS SCALE CANNOT BE ACCOUNTED FOR WITHOUT DIVINE HELP.

	Hazrat Ahmad's enemies also tried to murder or poison him. He was
dragged into the law courts. False accusations were brought against him.
Such persecution is seldom witnesed with other divine leaders.
Christians, Muslims, Hindus all joined in these attacks. They almost put
the Second Messiah on the cross as they had the first. But all attacks
failed. He remained safe and, thanks to DIVINE HELP AND GRACE, WENT ON
PROSPERING.

	The purpose of his advent, let us remember, was the revival and
propagation of Islam. For these two great objects Allah gave him a
sincere following and also money, so that the Ahmadiyya Movement in
Islam works with an annual budget in millions. Periodicals devoted to
Islam are published from the corners of the earth. Thousands of books
and translations of the Holy Quran in many languages have been written
and published. Allah inspired people and opens their hearts to his
message, so that they turn to him and offer him loyalty and help.
Hundreds of thousands who have joined him have done so because they had
visions or premonitions of some kind in which the truth of Hazrat Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) claim was communicated to them by Allah. They were
against him, yet Allah put love for him into their hearts.

	Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (A.S) met with success in spite of universal
hostility, in spite of numerous natural disadvantages and general inital
helplessness. 

	We should all open our minds, and pray to Allah, that he may show us
all the truth. All of us who are on the wrong path, may Allah show us
the right path.

	THE LAW OF ALLAH IS THAT TRUE CLAIMANT RECEIVES DIVINE HELP AND A
PRETENDER SUFFERS DEFEAT, DISGRACE, AND DEATH. THIS BEING THE LAW ---
AND A LAW MORE JUST CANNOT BE LAID DOWN --- THEN NO DOUBT IS LEFT ABOUT
THE TRUTH OF THE CLAIM OF HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD (A.S). IF HIS CLAIM
IS STILL IN DOUBT, THE QUESTION IS:

	WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE FOR THE TRUTH OF OTHER PROPHETS CELEBRATED IN
RELIGIOUS HISTORY ? ?



Sincerely,




	
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