Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 199
199 was So serious that death seemed to be certain. I prayed for him and was informed of his recovery by God and he accordingly re- covered. There are numerous other signs and if I were to relate them all, this lecture would hot be finished even in ten days. Hundreds of thousands 6f men bear testimony to the truth of these signs because they were shown before their eyes. One hundred and fifty of these I have collected in a book called the " Nazool-ul-Masih " which will be published shortly. These signs are of various sorts. Some of them were manifested upon heaven others upon earth ; some related to my friends, while others were in connection with my enemies; some effected myself and my children and otfrers have been manifested by God through my enemies without any intervention on my part. To the last class belongs a sigh which was manifested through Maul vi Ghularn Dastgir of Qasur, who pubished in his book Fatah Rahman o? his own accord a prayer against me to the effect that of us two \, God might destroy the liar first. A few days has passed when the Maulvi died and -thus bore a testimony to my truth. Be- \ sides this, there are thousands of men who were informed of mjf truth through visions and who have thus accepted ihe. Thete are! other considerations of importance in determining the truth of a claim lo prophethood. Whether the claimant has appeared in time of need, i. e. , at a time when the need of a guide was felt by the world, whether he has come exactly at the prophesied hour, whether he receives assistance from God, whether he has fully refuted the objections brought forward by his opponents against his claim, are points which go a long way to prove the truth or falsehood of his claim. If all these ques- tions are satisfactorily answered, they would be an evidence of his truth. Now ib is clear that the at present -moment, the need of a guide and Reformer is very strongly felt by the whole world.