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‘And they say, ‘None shall ever enter Heaven unless he be a Jew or a Christian.’ These are their vain desires. Say, ‘Produce your proof, if you are truthful.’

Nay, whoever submits himself completely to Allah, while he is excellent in conduct, shall have his reward with his Lord. No fear shall come upon such, neither shall they grieve.’ (2:112-113)

Someone recently wrote to Hazrat Khalifatul Masih expressing their concern over the new government in Pakistan and conjecturing if, as with previous governments, this regime will also persecute Ahmadis and matters will remain the same. God alone knows what will come to pass, however, be it the current government or any other government, with the anti-Ahmadiyya legislation in place in Pakistan, there is no need to be concerned in this manner for this is a constant cause for concern for Pakistani Ahmadis, who should be drawn to prayer in this regard. If we have any expectations from worldly governments then we may have this kind of viewpoint, but if all our reliance is on God, which indeed it should be, then there is no need to conjecture that the situation will get better if so and so comes into power or the situation will worsen if so and so comes into power. There is no need to have any concern in this regard if our reliance and trust is in God.

These worldly governments will persecute; this has been the situation since the legislation has been promulgated in Pakistan. Opposition has been carrying on since the time of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Although it was not on a governmental level at the time, still government workers used to hatch plans against us. In any case, whether it is a government of one ideology or another ideology, in their presumption they have excluded Ahmadis from the fold of Islam and whichever government comes, it carries out persecution against Ahmadis, in fact the persecution is increasing. We neither have any expectation of any good from these worldly governments nor do we need their certification to be called Muslims. A real Muslim is one who is a Muslim in the sight of God; who believes in the Unity of God and accepts the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as the last law-bearing Prophet and Seal of all the Prophets. In this respect Ahmadis are Muslims by creed as well as by practice, in fact they are better Muslims than the others.

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