Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 299
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 299 diyyat. Then I was a person who possessed no secular knowledge, yet God, of His grace, appointed angels for my instruction and by this means made me aware of such meanings of the Quran as were beyond the imagination of a human being. The knowledge that God has bestowed upon me and the spiritual fountain that has burst in my bosom are not mere guess or imagination. Indeed they are so certain and conclusive that I challenge the whole world that I am prepared to compete at any time with anyone who might claim that he has been taught the Holy Quran by God Almighty. But I know that there is no one today in the world beside myself who has been bestowed knowledge of the Holy Quran by God. He has bestowed this knowledge on me and has appointed me the teacher of the world for teaching it the Quran in this age. He has raised me for the purpose that I should carry the name of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace be on him, and the name of the Holy Quran, to the ends of the earth and may vanquish for ever all false religions that are set up against Islam. Let the world exert itself and gather all its strength and its hosts. Let all Christian sovereigns and their governments combine, and let Europe and Amerkajoin together, and let all wealthy and powerful nations combine and unite together to frustrate me in the achievement of this purpose, even then I state, in the name of God, that they would fail completely against me. In response to my prayers and plans God will frustrate all their projects and plans and machinations, and, through me and my disciples and followers, God will uphold the honour of Islam for the purpose of establish- ing the truth of this prophecy on account of the name of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him. He will not leave the world alone till Islam is established once more in the world in its full glory and till Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, peace be on him, is accepted as the living Prophet of the world. My friends, I do not seek any honour for myself, nor do I hope for longer life, unless God Almighty should disclose anything to me in that context. I am, however, hopeful of the grace of Almighty God and believe with certainty that in upholding the honour of Islam and the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and in re-establishing Islam once more upon its feet, and in crushing Christianity, a great part will, God willing, be played by my past and future work, and that one of the heels that will crush the head of Satan and will put an end to Christianity, will be my heel.