After reciting the Tauz, the Tashahhud and the first chapter of the Holy Quran Imam Zafrullah Domun said:

Today we will revert to the commentaries of Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad^as on the first chapter of the Holy Quran. I keep telling you that it is very important for you to deepen your understanding of this first chapter of the Holy Quran. The more we understand this chapter the better will our daily prayers be. Hence we will lead a better life.  Since you are a member of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Al Mouslemeen you should make it a life-objective to get a very deep understanding of the chapter Al Fatiha of the Holy Quran. Therefore I suggest that you read and ponder over all the comments of Hazrat Masih Maood ^as that I have given you up till now. It is only by doing so that you will deepen your understanding. If you do not make this personal effort, you will not get the necessary benefits. It is only by making a personal effort that we will be able to get more understanding. Attending the Friday prayer and listening to the sermon is not enough. Most of us do not remember a speech after 24 hours. For some it is even less. To profit from sermons one should make a deliberate attempt to understand what is being said and tries to remember it. May Allah enable each one of us to get deep spiritual insight from all the sermons that we listen to.

So, in another extract from his writings Hazrat Masih Maood ^as says:

This verse propounds a supplication for the attainment of four kinds of excellence. If a person attains to these four excellences, he will have performed the duty of prayer and of fellow-service and of having made worthy use of the faculties and talents he has been endowed with. I want to warn you against those who aim at attaining these excellences by means of their self-invented prayers and incantations. Remember that a course that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) did not adopt is futile. Who is a truer guide to the way of the divinely favored ones than the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)? All the excellences of prophethood reached their climax in his person. The way adopted by him is the most right and nearest to the purpose. Abandoning his way in favour of a self-invented one, even if it looks alluring, spells ruin in my view, and so has God, the Exalted, revealed to me. Purpose of Ahmadiyya Movement in short is, to attain to the virtues of the Divinely-favored ones. In short, to attain to the virtues of the Divinely-favoured ones to which Allah, the Sublime, has pointed in: The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy favours; is the goal appointed for every person. Our community should pay particular heed to this. For, by establishing this Movement, Allah, the Exalted, has designed to prepare a community like the one organised by the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him)so that it may bear witness to the truth and glory of the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) (Al-Hakam, March 31, 1905).

From this extract it is very clear that as an Ahmadi it is our duty to try to acquire the excellences of the Prophets, the truthful, the martyrs and the pious. The most important of the excellences of these favoured ones is that they should adhere to truth under all circumstances. There should not be any cutting of corners with truth. Incha Allah in another sermon I will speak in greater details about the excellences of this favoured group as explained by Hazrat Masih Maood ^as.

 In another extract, speaking about the need for truth seekers to get revelation from Allah, Hazrat Masih Maood as says:

 “If it were true, as our divines proclaim, that the door of revelation is now closed, a seeker would suffer agonies of death while still alive. God is not niggardly. He has Himself taught us the prayer to seek the way of the Divinely-favoured ones which is a sure indication that the way to these favours is still open (Al-Badr, Aug. 3, 1905).”

These days we have heard that the caliph of the mainstream Ahmadiyya Jamaat has said that revelation is a gift of Allah for the sincere followers of the Holy Prophet Mohammad^saw. In addition in his recent sermons he is speaking about the Mohammedan light that is still being lit in the heart of his true and sincere followers. He likes to speak about such people in the past as if there is nothing to offer in the present. By the Grace of Allah, in total humility I say again that Allah has made me such a person in the Jamaat of Hazrat Masih Maood^as. I am here as a blessing of Allah to all sincere seekers of truth as taught by the Holy Quran. Allah has sent them all a gift. Now it is up to them to use it or to abuse it.

Hazrat Masih further says:

“Know it for sure that one cannot please Allah, the Sublime, nor can one draw close to Him, until one treads along the straight path. That is possible only when one has knowledge of the Being and of the attributes of God and follows the ways and the directions that have His approval and lead to His pleasure. That being so, one must uphold faith above everything else in the world (Al-Badr, Aug. 31, 1905).Preferring God to everything and accepting every bitterness out of true love for Him and genuine enthusiasm for Him, even creating bitterness for oneself, is an honour worthy of none but the righteous. This is the worship that man is called upon to render, and when a person performs this worship his action draws from God a bounty in terms of His direction in the Holy Quran, to make the prayer: Guide us along the straight path, the path of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy favours and whom Thou hast honoured with Thy special grace.

In another extract he says:

“When a service is appreciated by God a bounty is bestowed. The extraordinary signs and miracles which others are not able to duplicate are the bounties of God, the Supreme, which are bestowed on His servants (Haqiqatul Wahi, pp. 52-53).”

He further says

“Betaking oneself to God and supplicating Him for guidance along the right path means to be shown the way that pleases Him and by following which the Prophets attained to their goal. Since, therefore, supplication is made for guidance along the way of the Prophets, one should henceforth be prepared for trials and tests and keep imploring Him for steadfastness. One who wants to continue in good health and security, and desires increase of wealth and of all the means of pleasure and enjoyment and every type of comfort and luxury, unmarred by any trial and at the same time hopes to win the pleasure of God, is bereft of good sense. He can never succeed. Those who have succeeded in winning the pleasure of God had to go through trials of different kinds and encountered various types of hardship” (Al-Hakam, Oct. 24, 1907).

Speaking about the meaning of the prayer taught in Surah Fatiha he says what it means is:

“God, Who art the Lord of Universal Providence, the Gracious, the Compassionate, Master of the Day of Judgment, guide us along the way of people who enjoyed Thy limitless grace and great bounties.”

Again he further says:

“The believer should not merely verbally confess the Lord, Possessor of these four attributes; he should so conduct himself as to make it manifest that He truly believes that God alone is His Lord and Provider and not any one else, firmly holding that it is God alone Who requites deeds and is aware of the most secret and closely hidden sins and defaults. Remember, verbal affirmations have no meaning unless they are supported by conduct. One who truly believes God to be his Provider and Master of the Day of Requital, can never be guilty of theft, gambling, vice and other misdeeds, for, he knows that all these are fatal poisons and indulgence in them is open disobedience of Divine commands. In short, until a person demonstrates by conduct that he has firm and true faith in God, he cannot hope for the graces and bounties that are bestowed on the favoured ones (Al Hakam, Jan. 2, 1908).

As I have already said we should meditate upon all these words to understand what type of people did Hazrat Masih Maood ^as wish to create. To him just signing a bai’at form was not at all sufficient. If one is not ready to bring about a complete change in oneself and work to improve ones moral qualities one will only help in being dishonour for his Jamaat. Knowing quite well the mainstream Jamaat one may wonder how many persons over there are really interested in following the divine objectives set by Hazrat Masih Maood^as? Since it is Allah’s purpose to keep these teachings alive He raises another person to continue the noble mission of His Messiah. As soon as someone is raised a trial begins amongst those who thought they were safe. Now they have to accept or reject what Allah has done. Since the majority of them are far from the true teachings therefore the majority rejects what Allah has sent by showing off their numbers and wealth. But the true believers are always confident that in the end they will triumph. But their triumph need not necessarily means in numbers. They succeed mostly by their god-given arguments! And this is what is going on these days.  Our arguments are unassailable and no one dares to challenge what we are saying.

In another extract Hazrat Masih says:

“Go through the Holy Quran. You will not find anything in it to show that God is pleased with those who disregard and ignore the ways that lead to His pleasure. He is pleased only when one follows the ways that He has appointed for the purpose. He has clearly taught the prayer: Guide us along the straight path. When a man is pleased with someone he favours him with gifts. Will then God not love those who seek and tread the ways that lead to His pleasure (Al-Hakam, April 2, 1908)”?

In the light of all these extracts we understand quite clearly that the prayers taught to us in this Sura is for our spiritual guidance first and foremost. And people of experience know quite well that striving for spiritual guidance is not at all an easy task. It is a difficult path. If any one thinks that the path is easy, he does not know this path or he is not speaking about it. Hazrat Masih says that it is easy only for those who are ready to give up their life in order to tread it! We also understand that since we are so weak we will not be able to tread the path alone. We need a guide. Allah does not leave His real seekers alone. When they are ready for the path He sends the guide out of His Grace. Once such a guide makes his appearance those who join his Jamaat to seek his help will be helped. Those who ignore him do so at their own peril.

Most Ahmadis think that members of Jamaat Ahmadiyya Al Mouslemeen are misguided. However, when they are asked to come and help us out of our misguidance they flee away like “donkeys fleeing from a lion.” All of their leaders in Mauritius and their consultants in London are totally incapable of refuting our arguments. They prey on ignorant Ahmadis fear and ignorance to maintain their allegiance. They are the truly misguided ones and they continue to misguide others. As far as we are concerned we are very happy that Allah has liberated us from a system that imprisoned our mind and limited our spiritual growth. Today by the Grace of Allah we feel really freed from the oppressive system of Nizamé Jamaat. By the Grace of Allah we are these days accountable only to Allah. We do not need to seek anybody’s permission to do what is allowed in Islam. All praise is due to Allah. If we show our thankfulness to Allah He will provide us with more of His guidance incha Allah.