English translation of Inqilab-e-Haqiqi
An address by Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmadra, Khalifatul Masih II, al-Musleh al-Mau‘ud
Delivered at Jalsa Salana Qadian on 28 December 1937
The Difficulties of Establishing Islamic Civilisation
After this, I conclude my speech. There are many parts of this address that I have left unexplained. If Allah so wills, their explanation will be provided in another book. Similarly, I will also try to persuade scholars to write books.
However, I remind my friends again that it is easy to pledge something but more difficult to fulfil it. Many people present here have pledged to give the female members of their family their inheritance. But when the time comes to fulfil their oaths, their sons will [put pressure on them not to,] saying, ‘Father is ruining our inheritance.’ And they will encounter various other obstacles. Now, rise with firm resolve and remember that talking is easy, but acting is difficult. If taking action were that easy, you would have already addressed this issue, because this is not a new issue being presented to you. In fact, you were already aware of it but have not acted despite having the knowledge. When swept away by emotions, surrounded by enthusiastic chants, making oaths comes easily, and even the weak-minded join in. However, when the time for action arrives, they start making excuses and begin tarnishing the reputation of the office bearers of the Jama‘at tasked with implementing the work. Consequently, I anticipate that as a result of this, [today’s oath will be followed by] a great deal of disorder and allegations will be made against office bearers, labelling them as troublemakers and agitators. Just as has happened before in Qadian when people have been punished. They seek to hide the fact from people that they have failed to comply with the sharia for which they were punished, through disorder and by defaming office bearers. Instead, they fabricate claims of personal vendettas against specific officers, misrepresenting the reasons for their punishment. Similar episodes of misinformation and unrest will likely recur in the jama‘ats outside of [Qadian] as well.
A Word of Advice
Therefore, dear friends, busy yourselves in prayer and beseech God Almighty: Our Lord! You have burdened our weak shoulders with the weight of responsibility you placed on the Holy Prophetsa. We admit our failings and weaknesses. We are helpless and depend on your succour and support.
Our Lord! You have power over all things. Strengthen our shoulders with Your grace. Cause us to speak the truth. Fill our hearts with faith. Enlighten our minds. Make us firm in our resolve with Your grace. Rid us of our failings and bless us with such firm faith that we are willing to give up our lives in order to follow your command with unwavering devotion.
Our Lord! Bless us so that we may establish Your religion in the world in order to draw people towards Your teachings so that the blessings of Your religion mesmerise people and leave them with no choice but to embrace Islam.
Once a student has fully understood a subject, they are moved on to the next lesson by the teacher. I anticipate that upon mastering this lesson, Allah will grant you dominion over worldly governments and kingdoms, saying, ‘Having successfully implemented Islamic principles that didn’t require state authority, I now entrust governance to you, to universally enforce remaining Sharia laws and bring Islamic civilisation to its pinnacle. If you act on what I have told you, God will bestow you with your own rule, and those governments that will oppose you will be destroyed. He will order his angels to cause their downfall and instruct them to hand their power to those who seek to establish Islam. Strive as hard as you can and know that God will bring success to your efforts. You will observe His might in the way the Holy Prophetsa did. Our task is great but we are weak and frail. Therefore, let us pray with the words:
Our Lord! Make us truthful and protect us from falsehood, cowardice, negligence and disobedience. Our Lord! Bless us by allowing us to follow the teachings of the Holy Qur’an. Enable our elders, youth, men, women and children to become your true servants and protect us from those temptations that lead people away from the right path. Our Lord! Fill our hearts with love for You. Our Lord! Fill our hearts with love for Your teaching, Your politics, Your economy, Your civilisation and Your religion, and enable us to recognise their greatness. The teaching that you revealed to the Holy Prophetsa should be dearer to us than all others. O God! May what belongs to You and is dear to You become dear to us, and may we distance ourselves from what distances us from You. However, may the concern for the welfare and reform of all humanity reign supreme in our hearts.
Grant us success in bringing about the grand revolution that the Promised Messiahas has vowed to establish through his guidance. O Allah, accept my prayers! Amin. آمین اللّٰھُمَّ آمین
The End.
(Translation by Fazl-e-Umar Foundation, English Section)