Approaching the West — Page 11
A pproaching the West—11 this magazine has been started. (Al- Ḥ akam, September 30, 1903) Maulaw ī Mu ḥ ammad ‘Al ī worked as its editor and translated Ḥ a ḍ rat A ḥ mad’s articles into English. Also, he himself wrote articles from the notes dictated to him by Ḥ a ḍ rat A ḥ mad on vastly diverse subjects concerning Isl ā m and Christianity. For example, Ḥ a ḍ rat A ḥ mad (peace be on him) wrote on the truthfulness of Isl ā m and Prophet Mu ḥ ammad; Holy Prophet’s spiritual influence, success and superiority of his teachings over other religions. On Christianity, he wrote on the nature of the miracles of Jesus Christ, his teachings, crucifixion, life after surviving crucifixion, traveling to India, his death and burial. Articles related to other religions were also written. Quickly the magazine became popular in the English speaking countries and received encouraging reviews from eminent sources such as Count Tolstoy, Review of Reviews (London), and the Editor of the Encyclopedia of Isl ā m. Ḥ a ḍ rat A ḥ mad proclaimed that the West had not gone without witnessing the signs of God concerning the Second Coming of the Messiah. Earthquakes, showers of shooting meteors, and the eclipses of the sun and the moon in the month of Rama ḍā n were Divine signs fulfilling old prophecies, but the West had yet to witness a magnificent sign in the form a prayer-dual. Dr. Alexander Dowie, a man with a spectacular career as a faith-healer, founding father of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church and establisher of the city of Zion in Illinois, USA, had threatened the Muslims of the world with destruction if they did not accept Jesus as their Savior. He had claimed to be the Third Manifestation of