Bounties of the Gracious God — Page 51
Details of My Statement in Brief 51 their own mind they hold perfect opinions in all matters. The appearance of the Messiah from this Ummah is not a matter that is so difficult to understand, for the arguments in support of this claim become quite clear when the Muhammadan and Mosaic dispensations are compared. There is no doubt that our Master, the Chief of both the worlds, the Founder of Islam [Mu h ammad] appeared in the likeness of Moses. This similitude requires that someone like Jesus should also appear in the later days. This is what our Lord has referred to in the Pure Scriptures, and if you so desire you can ponder over them in Chapters an-N u r, at-Ta h r i m and al-F a ti h ah, for this is what our Lord has written and surely the scholars do not have access to His knowledge. Which word, after this, will you then believe? God has undoubtedly appointed me His Messiah and has supported me with great signs. Ten- month pregnant she-camels have become useless and you can see that they are now neither used for travelling nor much sought after for this purpose. O dwellers of India and Arabia! You have already witnessed the solar and lunar eclipses in the month of Ramadan. So which of the signs of your Lord will you deny? Do your minds tell you to consider your thoughts to be absolute and categorical while there is a lesson for you in lives of the earlier peo- ple who had given preference to their suspicions over certainty and thus disbelieved the Prophets? As a result, their denial became their regret. But, when the Prophets were vouchsafed support, they wished that they had become believers. For your sake, Allah has mentioned their examples in the Holy Quran. Read them fol- lowing in the footsteps of those who reflect. Ruin is the lot that read them but do not seek to understand them and thus go past them unmindfully. It is quite possible that your Lord shows you