The Promised Revival -- To Bring Faith Back Even If It Had Gone To Pleiades (i.e. weakened).

Peace be on you. To service divine peace message and revival of faith, the Promised Messiah Mahdi’s Community has various systems under the Khalifah. After every three year time, the Ahmadiyya Community elects office bearer at various levels. Final approval is granted by the Holy Khalifah. He explained the responsibilities of all those who are connected with the process in the light of Holy Quran:


‘Verily, Allah commands you to make over the trusts to those entitled to them, and that, when you judge between people, you judge with justice. And surely excellent is that with which Allah admonishes you! Allah is All-Hearing, All-seeing.’ (Holy Quran, Chapter 4: Verse 59).


In the Friday sermon, the Holy Khalifah guided all concerned ones to focus on righteousness.


FOR THOSE WHO GIVE OPNION-VOTE
= They shall be accountable by God for their recommendation.
= They should seek God’s guidance befor vote, as they do for all matters.
= They should know think over about the person they shall vote to. If they do not know them, pray to God for help so that they give vote to correct person.
= Vote is not for personnal likeness and bias of any kind.
= Final approval comes from Khalifah of Promised Messiah. Sometimes it may be different.
= Community’s incharge of countries, called Country-Amir has been given power to approve for local offices. Although, they can appoint alternate person who may have lesser votes but this year, Incharges of United Kingdom, European countries, United States of America, Canada and Australia have to refer to Holy Khalifah.
= Spitual Community’s country-offcials under Amir need approved by Holy Khalifah of the time.
= Vote for righteous persons, who:
----- fulfill their promises by paying proper rights.
----- do not slander or taunt,
----- spend community’s wealth carefully.
----- are not miser.
----- avoid nonsense.
----- have control upon their anger.
----- practice good conduct with their collegeues .
----- are respectful to visitors.
----- are humble with others..
----- do justice.
----- take care of poor without their applications.
----- call for good deeds and forbid evil.
----- have harmony in their words and deeds and are humble to Allah and practice righteousness.



FOR WOULD-BE OFFICE-BEARERS
= Spiritual office is a trust and huge responsibility, not for esteem.
= They should serve with full ability and they give precedence to their faith over worldly matters, more than others.
= Incharges (amirs) and presidents (sadrs) should appoint (for certain positions) suitable person without any bias.
= They should be impartial to all subordinates and faithful of the community.
= If Khalifah of the time ask for a report, the report should be truthful.
= Serve with thinking, concern and serve with minute details.
= Prayers should be done for being able to serve. Allah especially answers prayers to seek His help to obey His guidance. Allah watches everyone.
= Approval to serve does not set them free. They should remember accountibilty by Allah, and serve with full heart and seek Allah’s strength and cover.
= They should pay spiritual and worldy dues of individual and community with righteousness. Uphold the good name of the community.

TEACHING ABOUT TRUSTS AND COVENANTS
The Holy Khalifah quoted the follow words of the Promised Messiah:
‘Allah the Exalted has stated in this noble verse: ‘And who are watchful of their trusts and their covenants’…those who do not only possess the excellence of overcoming the base desires of Nafse Ammarah (self that incites to evil) and have thus triumphed over its passions. Rather, they try as far as possible to be mindful of every aspect of all trusts and all covenants of God and His creation and try to tread the intricate paths of Taqwa. They stay on this course as much as their strength allows…The word ‘Ra’oon’ (covenants) in the verse…is spoken in the Arabic idiom when a person follow intricate paths in any matter in accordance to his strength and wishes to fulfil its every minute detail and does not wish to leave out any aspect. Thus, the verse signifies that believers … tread fine paths of Taqwa to the best of the abilities they have and do not wish to leave out any aspect which relates to trusts and covenants and they regard making concession to everyone. They do not derive joy in broadly considering themselves truthful and honest, in fact they are fearful lest they privately commit any breach of trust. They continue to reflect as best as they can on all their matters lest they have any inner defect or flaw…this is Taqwa.


In short these are the believers who are not unrestrained in their matters, be they regarding God or be they regarding people. In fact owing to the fear lest they are held blameworthy in the sight of Allah the Exalted, they take extensive care of their trusts and covenants. They ever scrutinise their trusts and covenants and regularly examine their inner condition microscopically through Taqwa for fear that covertly their trusts and covenants may have some defect. They employ the trusts they have been given by Allah the Exalted, for example all their faculties, limbs, life, property and honour etc. to the best of their abilities, bound by Taqwa and with great care at their appropriate time. They are ever engaged with supreme honesty and as far as possible to try and fulfil the promise they made with Allah the Exalted at the time of accepting faith. Similarly, as best as they can, they implement with Taqwa whatever trusts of people they have or matters that come under the jurisdiction of trusts. If there is conflict, they resolve it in view of Taqwa, even if the resolution is detrimental to them.’ [Translated from Tafseer of the Holy Qur’an by the Promised Messiahas, Vol III, pp. 366 – 367]


‘The spiritual beauty of man is to walk along all the finer ways of righteousness. They are the attractive features of spiritual beauty. It is obvious that to be mindful of the trusts of God Almighty, and to fulfil all the covenants of faith, and to employ all faculties and limbs both overt, like eyes and ears and hands and feet and others like them, and those that are covert, like the mind and other faculties and qualities, on their proper occasions and to restrain them from coming into action on improper occasions, and to be warned against the subtle attacks of vice and to be mindful of the rights of one’s fellow beings, is the way of perfecting one’s spiritual beauty. God Almighty has in the Holy Qur’an designated righteousness as a raiment. Libas-ut-taqwa is an expression of the Holy Qur’an. This is an indication that spiritual beauty and spiritual ornament are achieved through righteousness. Righteousness means that one must be mindful even of the smallest details of the Divine trusts and covenants and also of all the trusts and covenants of one’s fellow beings, as far as it may be possible. That is, one must try to fulfil, to the best of one’s ability, all the requirements in their minutest details.’ [Brahin-e-Ahmadiyya, Part V, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 21, pp. 209-210 – Essence of Islam, Vol. I. pp. 347 – 348, alislam.org]

Reference: Friday sermon, April 12 2013, by Holy Khalifah of Holy Promised Messiah, mta.tv and alislam.org