Wasiyat: Trust in Allah is the capital of believers

A subject that lies at the heart of our spiritual progress—and that is Wasiyyat, the blessed scheme launched by the Promised Messiah ^(as).

Wasiyyat is not a burden—it is a catalyst. A catalyst that strengthens our faith and brings us closer to Allah. Wasiyyat sustains quality Khilafat. Khilafat Ahmadiyya is the most tangible manifestation of God's Love and Mercy for mankind today.

Faith is the currency of divine reserves. Allah the Almighty tells us in the Holy Qur'an:

"Wa man yatawakkal ʿalallāhi fahuwa ḥasbuhū"
"Whoever puts his trust in Allah, He is sufficient for him."
(Chapter 65 verse 5)

This trust in Allah is the capital of believers. The more we rely on Him, the more He opens the doors of His mercy and grace. And so, the strength—the quality—of our īmān/faith determines how much of God's bounties we are allowed to taste. Quality of our faith quantifies the divine blessings. But how do we nourish and strengthen īmān/faith?

The Qur'an tells us clearly:

"La'in shakartum la-azīdannakum, wa la'in kafartum inna ʿadhābī la-shadīd."
"If you are grateful, I will surely increase you; but if you are ungrateful, then surely, My punishment is severe."
((14:8))

Thus, gratitude elevates faith. When we constantly sift life into numbers, statistics, per percentages, our faith diminishes. But when we bow in gratitude, Allah multiplies the returns of His blessings.

This is why the Promised Messiah ^{(alaihe salam)} guided us: "Aʿmāl say taubah ki takmīl karo."
Bring your repentance to completion through good works. And among the greatest of such works is to carry the weak with us into the blessed system of Wasiyyat.

The Prophet ^(ṣa) said: "Hal tunsarūna wa turzaqūna illā bi-ḍuʿafāʾikum?" — "Are you not helped and provided for except through the weak among you?" (Bukhārī).

Indeed, the presence of the weak is not a burden; it is a blessing. For through them, the wealthy learn humility, the strong learn service, and society learns compassion. The Qur'an testifies to this truth when it commands:

"Worship Allah and associate naught with Him, and show kindness to parents, and to kindred, and to orphans, and to the needy…" (4:38)

Thus, gratitude, service, and Wasiyyat walk hand in hand.

The Promised Messiah ^{(alaihe salam)} reminded us:

"Merī Jamāʿat nasāʾiḥ say durust nahī hogi—balke nishānōn say hogi."
"My community will not reform by advice alone, but by the living signs of God."
(Malfūẓāt, January 1903)

This truth is also in the Qur'an, where Allah declares:

"We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth." (41:54)

The Promised Messiah ^{(alaihe salam)} says: God is known through God.
Khudā ko, Khudā ke zariye hi pehchānā jātā hai.
And true moral reformation—Khulooq ki islah Khaliq hi kar sakta hay—is only possible by His grace, never by human effort alone.

At its pinnacle, when gratitude and servitude merge, man is blessed with the infusion of Rūḥul-Qudus, the Spirit of Holiness. The Promised Messiah ^{(alaihe salam)} said:

"The Sufis hold that even one moment of this pleasure surpasses all the delights of the world. If it descends upon you once in a lifetime, you lose yourself in it." (Malfūẓāt Vol. 1, pp. 158–159)

This is also the Qur'anic promise:

"Allah strengthens the believers with the word that stands firm, in the life of this world and in the Hereafter." (14:29)

In our Jamaʿat, by Allah's grace, there are souls with the Abu Bakr ^{(may Allah be pleased with him)} streak. The Prophet ^{(may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)} spoke of his state when he said:

"If you wish to see one who is a walking dead, look at Abu Bakr."

This death was not weakness—it was the death of his self and ego, and the eternal life with Allah. It was only possible because of the sincerity of his heart.

So, Wasiyyat is not just a scheme; it is a path towards the fulfillment of Qur'anic truths. Let us therefore strive not to live by calculations of wealth, but by the wealth of faith. Let us embrace gratitude, lift up the weak, witness the signs of Allah, and open our hearts to be able to receive of Rūḥul-Qudus.

May Allah enable us to become of those described:

"Wa mimmā razaqnāhum yunfiqūn" – "And they spend out of what We have provided them." (2:5)

And may He make us inheritors of those treasures promised to the faithful. (Amen)