Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 102
102 of God Which were granted to the righteous before you. Has it not given you the kingdom of the Israelites and their holy temple ? Do you doubt then, ye of little faith and low spirits, that it is not able to bestow upon you the : spiritual benefits which Were granted to the Israelites when it has made you the masters of all their temporal blessings ? Nay, doubt not, for Almighty God has far higher blessings in store for you. He has made you inherit their spiritual and temporal kingdoms, but from your hands these shall not pass away into those of another people until the day of judgment comes. He shall never withhold from you the blessings of revelation and inspiration and of being spoken to by God, but shall confer on you all those Divine blessings which He bestowed upon any people before you. But if any one makes a daring fabrication against God and says that he receives the Divine revelation when he does not receive it, or that God has spoken to him when He has not spoken, I call God and His angels to witness that he shall perish, for he has spoken a He against God and been insolent and presumptuous towards Him. Be ye afraid, therefore, for the curse of God is upon those who fabricate visions and revelations. They think that there is no God, but the punishment of God shall overtake them and their evil day lies in wait for them. Let your footsteps be guided by truth and sincerity and by righteousness and love of God, and let this be the aim and object of your life. The Word of God shall then descend upon whomsoever of you He will. . But do not make it the desire of your heart lest seeing your desire, the devil should tempt you and bring you to destruction. The service and worship of your Master should be your sole concern, and you must be engaged with all your faculties in keeping His commandments. Let your desire be to rise higher. in certainty, not that you may be called inspired ones, but that you may be saved.