Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 114
114 that none of those whose mother tongue it was, could, after repeated challenges by him, rival him in it. Another proof of the Omniscience of God which we have had through the Promised Messiah as is the holding of this Conference of Religions in London. Thirty-four years ago the Promised Messiah as saw a Kashf relating to the spread of his Movement in Eng- land. He published in his book Iz a la’-e-Auh a m , which was published in 1892. The words are these: 'The rising of the sun from the West (as pre- dicted by the Holy Prophet sa of Islam) means that western countries which have for centuries been in the darkness of unbelief and error, shall be illu- mined by the sun of righteousness, and shall share in the blessings of Islam. I once saw myself (in a vision) standing on a pulpit in London and deliver- ing a reasoned speech in English on the truth of Islam and thereafter catching several white- feathered birds sitting on small trees, whose bodies resembled those of partridges. I understood this to mean that though it may not be given to me to pro- ceed personally to London, my writings would be published among those people and many righteous Englishmen would fall a prey to the truth. Western countries have so far not been conspicuous for their attachment to spiritual truths, as if, God had bestowed spiritual wisdom on the East only, and wisdom of the world on Europe and America. All Prophets from the first to the last have appeared in Asia, and spiritual men, other than Prophets, who attained nearness to God have also been confined