Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 120
120 AHMADIYY AT in the population of the world would become much larger than tha t of men. He indicated that means of transportation by land and sea would be multiplied and camels would no longer serve as a normal means of transportation. He also indicated that currency would be multiplied mani- fold and credit and the lending of money on interest would be developed enormously. He pointed out that Muslims would fall intQ decline and would become divided among themselves. He predicted the rise of labour and its coming i~to political power. All this and a great deal more that the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, had indicated with regard to the latter days manifested itself at the time of the advent of the Promised Messiah and became progressively more noticeable and pre- dominant. Confronted and distressed with this pitiable situation of Islam and Muslims, Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad addressed himself at an early age, long before the Divine call came to him, to the exposition of the verities and the guidance con- tained in the Holy Quran, so as to foster a sense of trust, confidence and pride in the Muslims through the apprecia- tion of the tremendous Divine bounty which. is the Holy Quran. He discovered that the Muslims laboured under numerous misconceptions concerning the Quran. One of his great services to the cause of Islam was the removal of these misconceptions and the generation in the hearts of the Mus. . . lims sentiments of deep love and honour for the Quran, and the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and firm faith and reliance upon God, the Lord of Honour and Glory. One or two illustrations of his efforts in that direction may usefully beset out here. With regard to the Quran itself he found the Muslims divided into two groups. There were those who were prepared to assign a position of pre- eminence to the Holy Quran but were altogether averse to seeking any benefit from the hadees (sayings of the Holy