Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 140
there will be no protector except God. Build thou the ark before Our eyes and according to Our revelation. The Power- ful God is with thee and with thy poeple. I will save every one who is within the four walls of thy house except those who with vanity and haughtiness rebel against My commandments and do not bow in submission before Me. Thee I will protect in particular from among all people. * Peace' is the word of the Merciful Lord. ' Peace unto yon for you are pure in heart ; and be ye separated, sinners, this day. ' I will stand by My Apostle and I will break the fast and keep it. I will blame him who blames thee, and grant thee the blessings which shall know no end, and kindle in thee the light of My manifesta- tion. I will not leave this earth until the appointed time, i. e. , My wrath will be upon it. I am the lightning and I am the Merciful, the Lord of benevolence and bounty. " Successive revelations thus came to me and mighty and wonderful signs were revealed. Carnmanded by God, I publish- ed my claim to the Promised Messiah with its arguments and announced it to the World. (Yol. II. , K. R. 1903).