Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 111
Ill with the latter as dunghills against stores of musk and ambergris. But it should be borne in mind that it is impossible to produce any parallel to the prophecies and miracles which God has mani- fested through me, in their quantity, quality and validity of proof though anyone might waste his whole life in this vain search. If any one does not consider my revelation which has been testified by heavenly signs as the Word of God, it would be better for him to go to the very root of the matter and deny the very existence of God. and reject the whole system of prophecy, ins- piration and revelation, for it is to repair the crumbling building of prophethood that Almighty God has established this new dispensation. With fresh miracles and prophecies, Almighty God is restoring the honor of the old ones. Stories of the miracles wrought by the holy prophets of God in the past, once more rise from the grave and assume the shape, of facts, and that which was hearsay ere now is actually witnessed. Almighty God has turned over a new leaf in the history of miracles and recalled them to life that those who are involved in doubts, may see the face of certainty. He who accepts me, accepts anew the prophets and their miracles, and he who rejects me shall lose even the tottering faith which he possessed before, for he has shadow and not the reality. It is I who am the looking-glass for Divine image. He who comes to me accepts me, shall see afresh the God who to others is only imperfectly known through their lifeless traditional beliefs. I believe in the true God who is not known to those who reject me. I declare it in truth and sincerity that what they believe in, is not God, but an idol which is the creation of their own imagination. This is the reason why their idols cannot assist them, or strengthen them, or bring about any pure transformation in their lives or effect any miracle or show a heavenly sign in their support.