Claims of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 8
[ 8 ] pen. I am the divine tablet. I am the throne. I am the seat of the Divine. I am the Seven Heavens. I am all the World. ( Fa s u s -ul- H akam , Muqadma 32 Fa s al 8, by Ashshaikh Da’ u d Bin Ma h m u d al-Qai s ar i ) Hadrat Imam Ja‘far Sad i q ra , the sixth imam of the Sh‘ i ah sect, a revered holy man in the ummah , and a teacher of Imam Ab u H an i fah is reported to have said that the Mahd i will pronounce: O people, listen to me. If you want to see Abraham and Ishmael, then know that I am Abraham and Ish- mael. If you want to see Moses and Joshua, then know that I am Moses and Joshua. If you want to see Jesus and Simon, then know that I am Jesus and Simon. If you want to see Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and Am i r-ul- Mo’min i n [Ha d rat Al i ], then know that I am Muhammad (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and Am i r-ul-Mo’min i n. If you want to see H assan and H usain, then know that I am H assan and H usain. If you want to see the imams from the prog- eny of H usain, then know that I am all of them. ( Ba ha r-ul-Anw a r , vol. 13, p. 202) Claims of Promised Messiah in the Light of the Writings of Various Imams The government of Pakistan has in a way supported the [Ahmadiyyah Muslim] Jam a ‘at by quoting these excerpts