A Present to Kings — Page 45
( 45 ) to that of the time of its first advent, for though there are now many a so-called Muslim, yet, even as at the time of the Holy. Prophet the faith was limited to only a small number of persons, the true spirit of Islam has now disappeared from the world or is confined to only a few select souls. The work of the present reformation is therefore similar in magnitude to that peformed by the Holy Prophet, and this fact is also deducible from the Chapter of Jumma of the Holy Quran, viz. , that the. Holy Prophet was to undertake the reformation of the world for a second time, which meant, in other words that some person, in the character of the Holy Prophet, will offect the reformation of the world. Again, a study of the traditions goes to show that the Holy Prophet will have a perfect manifestation in the Promised Messiah, because of him alone it is said that he will be buried in the same grave with the Holy. Prophet. These facts considered together would prove that this age is the time for the appearance of the Promised Messiah and he alone is fitted to be Promised Mahdi of the century, لا هدى الا عيسى because of him it has been said in the traditions "There is no Mahdi but Jesus," meaning that when the. Promised Messiah will appear he will be the Mahdi and there will be no other Mahdi besides him. . THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE ADVENT OF THE PROMISED. REFORMER. . Thus this is the age when the Promised Messiah was to appear; and now that 30 years of the 13th century have already elapsed, the nonappearance of any reformer or in other words the non-advent of the Promised Messiah would be a grave disasters for Islam, because if one were to admit that there has been the advent of no reformer at the commencement of this century, then it would afford the enemies of Islam a rare opportunity to hold up the faith to scorn For, now the spread of modern learning has inclined the thoughts of men towards atheism and the opinion is expressed that no such claimant can make himself accepted in the world in this age when education