Message of Peace - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community

38MESSAGE OF PEACEGod’s Unity and for the establishment of the truth of hisministry in a state of utter helplessness and poverty, thenwhere was that sword which struck terror in their hearts, andcoerced the meek into submission? And had they refused tobelieve or had they persisted in their rejection of him, fromwhich king did he beg for a contingent army to be sent to hisaid so that they may be forced to yield?O seekers of truth! Rest assured that all these allegationsare fabrications by those who are sworn enemies of Islam.Cast a glance at history. Muhammad (may peace and blessingsof Allah be upon him) was that same orphan whose fatherdied shortly after his birth and whose mother passed awayleaving him behind as a child of only a few months. Thatchild on whom God had extended His hand of support wasnurtured in His care without any other patronage. Duringthose hard times of orphanhood, he tended goats belongingto others. None was his mentor except God. And even up tothe age of twenty-five, none of his uncles were willing to offertheir daughter’s hand in marriage to him as it appeared that hewould be unable to meet even the basic household expenses.Moreover, he was unlettered and was not trained in any skillor profession. As he approached the age of forty, lo, there hewas with his heart powerfully drawn towards his Lord, Allah,the Gracious. There was a cave, a few miles from Mecca bythe name of Hira. It was here that he would retire by himselfand, concealed from the eyes of men, become lost in theremembrance of God. One day, in that very cave, while hewas praying in seclusion, God revealed Himself to him, andhe was told: The people have turned their backs on the pathof Allah and the earth is befouled with sin. So I [God