Ramadān - Ahmadiyya Gazette Canada

Truth, Faith, Righteousness and ObedienceSummary of Friday Sermon Delivered on April 22, 2011On April 22, 2011, Hadrat KhalīfatulMasīh V aa delivered the FridaySermon at Baitul Futūh Mosque,London.Hudūr aa began his Sermon by sayingthat the purpose of the comingof the Promised Messiah as was torevive truth and faithfulness in thisage and to inspire people’s heartswith the spirit of righteousness.This was his mission and thosewho carry on this mission are theones whom the Promised Messiah ascalls his “evergreen branches.” Wealways have to bear in mind theresponsibilities our Bai’at places onus. The true spirit of Ahmadiyyatrequires that we always standon guard lest there should be acontradiction in what we say andwhat we do. God is never pleasedwith mere claims unless they aresubstantiated by the evidence ofconduct.Hudūr aa further added that,unfortunately, the resolve and faithshown by our elders is missingin some of their descendants. Weneed to remember our elders andregard them as our role-models.If we make a pledge never to doanything that will bring a bad nameto them, this means of self-reformwill be a great help to our spiritualadvancement. In addition to selfreform,however, we also need toreform our women and children.With the reformation of women, wecan guarantee the right upbringingof our future generations. But wemust first bring about a positivechange within ourselves.The Promised Messiah as says,“Our Jamā`at has madewonderful progress in love anddevotion, so much so that I amat times amazed to see their (theGuidance from Hadrat Khalīfatul Masīh V aamembers’) zeal, sincerity andlove.”Hudūr aa said that even today,there are many Ahmadīs who arefull of the same spirit and theyare also imparting it to their nextgenerations. Hudūr aa commendedthe spirit with which KhuddāmulAhmadiyya Pakistan has fulfilledits security duties in the wake ofthe Lahore incident and how theirfaith has been their motivation.Hudūr urged the Khuddām to notforget their prayers when on dutyand to always keep praying andremembering God.The Promised Messiah as says,“God is with those who do goodand are righteous and are everfearful of disobeying Him.”Again the Promised Messiah assays, “Those who have believedand their faith is unadulteratedby worldliness, hypocrisy orcowardice, and do not fail atany stage of obedience, such arethe people whom God loves.God says that they are the oneswhose every step is the step oftruth.”Hudūr aa continued to say there aremany levels of obedience and it isonly through complete obediencethat we can prove our loyalty toGod. Those who obey the institutionof the Jamā`at, from the lowest levelto the highest, win Allāh’s pleasure,and this should be the aim of everyAhmadī.Hudūr aa also reminded the officebearersthat they can only becomethe true representatives of Khilāfatif they fulfill their duties with asense of justice and fear of God. AllAhmadīs should at all times abideUnfortunately, the resolve and faith shownby our elders is missing in some of theirdescendants. We need to remember ourelders and regard them as our role-models.If we make a pledge never to do anythingthat will bring a bad name to them, thismeans of self-reform will be a great help toour spiritual advancement.by truth and with Taqwa in order tofulfill their pledge of Bai`at.Hudūr aa concluded the Sermon bysaying that our Jamā`at can only beworthy of being called a Jamā`at ifwe hold fast to our pledge of Bai`at,bring about a holy transformationin ourselves, freeing our lives fromsin and fulfilling all our obligationsto God and man. May Allāh enableus to lead our lives according tothe aspirations of the PromisedMessiah as . Āmīn.7