Our Call

Javed Ahmed Ghamidi

Religion is the guidance of Allah which He first inspired within human nature and thereafter conveyed to humanity, with all its necessary details, through His prophets. The final prophet in this chain is Muhammad (PBUH). Consequently, the sole source of religion is now his blessed person alone, and the true religion is only that which he, through his word and deed, approval and endorsement, has declared to be religion.¹

We invite all people of the world to believe in this religion and to purify their individual as well as collective lives in accordance with it. Those who accept this call shall be rewarded with the Paradise of God—whose vastness encompasses the entire universe; wherein there is no death alongside life, no pain alongside pleasure, no sorrow alongside joy, no anxiety alongside tranquility, no hardship alongside comfort, and no misfortune alongside blessing. Its repose is everlasting, its delight boundless, its days and nights eternal, its peace perpetual, its happiness imperishable, its beauty unfading, and its perfection without limit. Allah has prepared therein for His servants that which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has ever conceived.²

Those who already profess faith in this religion are invited to bring their deeds into harmony with their belief so that they may attain this Paradise of God. They should fulfill the rights of Allah and the rights of His servants with complete honesty and sincere devotion, and commit no injustice against anyone’s life, property, or honor.³

We invite them to counsel one another toward righteousness within their environment and sphere of influence and to restrain one another from wrongdoing. This is a duty imposed upon them by their Lord. It is an obligation owed by a father to his son and by a son to his father; by a husband to his wife and by a wife to her husband; by a brother to his sister and by a sister to her brother; by a friend to a friend and by a neighbor to a neighbor—in short, by every person toward all those connected with him. Therefore, whenever they observe that someone among their associates has adopted a path contrary to truth, they should, according to their knowledge and ability, advise them to adopt the way of rectitude.⁴

In any matter relating to religion or worldly affairs, if emotions, prejudices, interests, or desires attempt to divert them from justice, they must remain steadfast upon truth and fairness. Indeed, if testimony is demanded of them, they should fulfill this demand even at the risk of their lives. They should speak the truth, bow before the truth, bear witness with justice, and never adopt anything other than justice in belief or conduct.⁵

If they become the target of religious persecution, they should respond with patience rather than violence.⁶ If possible, they should leave such a place and migrate to a location where they may openly practice their religion.⁷

By the grace of Allah, the leading scholars of the Farahi School have, in the present age, presented the true religion free from every admixture of jurisprudential speculation, theological disputation, philosophical influence, and mystical accretion, restoring it purely and completely upon the foundation of the Quran and Sunnah. The dissemination of this religion, the education and moral training of people in accordance with it, and the intellectual renewal of Muslim religious thought in its light constitute a great jihad (jihad kabir). We invite people to support this endeavor with their endorsement, their time, and their resources. This is the support of God’s true religion—nothing should be dearer to a believing servant than this.⁸

يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُوْنُوْا أَنْصَارَ اللهِ، كَمَا قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ لِلْحَوَارِينَ: مَنْ أَنْصَارِى إِلَى اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّوْنَ: نَحْنُ أَنْصَارُ اللهِ.

 O believers, become helpers of Allah, just as Jesus, son of Mary, said to the disciples: ‘Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah?’ The disciples replied: ‘We are the helpers of Allah.’ (Al-Saff, 61:14)

[2012]