Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 135
135 Some of the Revelations of the Promised Messiah, When Almighty God saw that the world was steeped in iniquities, transgressions and errors, He raised me to draw it from this state of degradation and commanded me to preach the truth and reclaim the world from the evils into which it had fallen. So, exactly at the time when the thirteenth century of Hejira had come to a close and the world had entered upon the fourteenth century, I announced my mission in obedience to the Divine commandment and made it known to the people through my words and writings that I was the Reformer promised to appear at the commencement of the fourteenth century for the reforma- tion of the faith, so that I should re-establish upon the earth the faith which had vanished from its face, and that being strengthen- ed by God, I might draw the world by the powerful attraction of His hand to true virtue, piety and righteousness and remove the prevailing errors in doctrine and practice. A few years after this I was informed in clear and plain revelations from the Divine Being that I was the very Messiah who. had been promised from the beginning for the last days, and that I was also the last Mahdi who was ordained to appear at a time when Islam would be in decline and errors would prevail, and who being guided in. the right path by Almighty God Himself, was destined to offer heavenly truth anew to the world, and the glad tidings of whose advent had been given by the Holy Prophet, may peace and the blessings of God be upon him, thirteen centuries ago. Divine revelations and the Word of God came so frequently and so plainly spoke of my heavenly office and mission that it was im- possible for rne to entertain the slightest doubt as to their truth and heavenly origin. Every revelation was strongly impressed upon my mind and driven like a nail of iron into the very core of my heart. Moreover these revelations disclosed wonderful pro-