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AL-‘IRFAN
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The Sermon
How To Guard Against Evils Associated With Youthful Age HAZRAT MIRZA MASROOR AHMAD
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oung age is such an age that if there is no special Grace of Allah and Allah's Mercy is not in support, one can become involved in many ills. In distancing oneself away from Allah, one may develop such ills which mar one's own life, as well as create trouble for one's family. Some ills may also be a source of creating unrest in society. So this is an age when a young man, in addition to making or breaking his own life, may also play a role to make or break the life of his nation. That is why Hadhrat Musleh Maud, Khalifatul Masih II , has said: “Nations cannot be reformed without reforming its youth”. This is such a phrase and such a slogan that to continuously have its realisation in one's heart and to ponder over and repeat it in one's mind is a task that will give surety to a splendid future of the Ahmadiyya Community. Therefore you must always ponder over this phrase and slogan for it is no ordinary slogan. This slogan will continue to remind you to carry out self-analysis and the realisation that the progress of the Jama'at depends on our every action which will continue to persuade you to do
what Allah has commanded you to do, and stop you from the ills that Allah has forbidden. Every good act that you will do will be a source of joy and happiness for you, and will make you realise that 'we are fulfilling our pledge we made with the Imam of the time to excel in piety and are sacrificing our life, property, time and honour and without any hesitation, and that we are advancing towards a noble aim’. Every ill that you will give up and discard will bring you happiness. Happiness that 'in these times when in every direction there are evils, and vain pursuits are in abundance, and the paths full of thorns of evil and indecency from which it is most difficult to protect yourself as they stand as obstacles in the path at each and every step are everywhere, yet you are saving yourself from these evils to win the pleasure of Allah'. However, you must remember that Allah says that you need Him to protect yourselves from these evils. Without His help you can neither be capable of doing good deeds nor be protected from evils. That is why SEPTEMBER 2011 | AL- ‘IRFAN