A Present to Kings — Page 79
( 79 ) all will be fulfilled for a second time. Now the question arises when a person sets up a claim to be the Promised Messiah and instead of being visited by Divine wrath, does actually perform the work for which the advent of the. Messiah was foretold, is there still in reason left any ground for rejecting his claim? Further, when the promise of God has already been fulfilled, is it still justified to shut one's eyes to facts facts which would redound to the glory of Islam-and to say that not now but in some future time will come the hour when the promise will be fulfilled? When at the hands of the claimant have been fulfilled the duties destined for the. Promised Messiah, then it does necessarily follow that he is the. Promised Messiah. d. P. HIS WORK OF INTERNAL REFORM. . All the works mentioned above concerned the defence of. Islam from outside foes. I shall now proceed to notice the internal reform effected by the Promised Messiah. I do not, however, wish to enter into details, because were I to enumerate all those errors which had found their way into the different sections of the Mussalmans and the reform effected in them, this epistle would attain to too great a length. Briefly,. I may say, that he made the Muslims aware of the true object and purpose of the Holy Quran, and agreeably to the eternal law of God, against the hardest opposition and the foulest aspersions from the Ulemas, he came out victorious through God's grace, and founded a community which at this time counts a very large following. In every corner of the Punjab and. Hindustan there are now to be found men, who have accepted his message. Beyond the limits of Hindustan the movement has spread its influence in Arabia, Syria, China, Egypt, Africa and even in England. It has now begun to attract the notice of the people of foreign countries; and although it must be admitted that the impression made in foreign countries is small, still this is due only to the fact that it was very recently that the missionary work in those countries was commenced. It