Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 118
118 and which could boast of no higher educational institu- tion than a vernacular primary school (for such was Qadian at the time), this man proclaims that God would propagate his doctrine in the West, that it would be preached from platforms and pulpits, and that men would accept its truth and join his movement. All this in fact comes to pass; his movement spreads and men of all classes join it; it reaches, and begins to attract, the truth-loving spirits of the West. The invitation extended by the organizers of the Conference of Religions to the representatives of differ- ent religions bears no particular significance so far as other religions are concerned, for such invitation was bound to be issued to make the Conference a success. In our case it has a peculiar significance, for it has been the means of fulfilling the Kashf to which I have just re- ferred and which was published in very adverse circum- stances. If this Movement had followed the normal course it would not have been invited to participate in this Conference for it should have ceased to exist long ago owing to the extremely adverse circumstances through which it has had to pass; but God has, in accor- dance with this Kashf , caused it to prosper, and, in the end, that which had been foretold has happened. This shows that God is Omniscient, and that He reveals things of which man can have no knowledge or concep- tion and which at the time are regarded by mankind as opposed to reason and common sense. I cannot conclude this portion of my discussion without quoting one more instance of the demonstration by the Promised Messiah as of the Omniscience of God.