Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 269
Christians in the world wibh regard fco Jesus Christ (such for instance as in the doctrines of Trinity^ Atonement, &c ) is a serious error and a deviation from the right path , Heavenly signs support my claim, my prayers are accepted ; future events are made known to rne, and the deep and secret things of which none but God has knowledge are revealed to me," (Vol. V. B. E. 1906). "The relation in which I stand to the Holy Prophet is ana- logous to one in which a disciple stands to his master. God has made the grace of that Great Apostle to descend upon me in its perfection, and has made his favour and bounty to flow towards me so much that a complete union of personality is the result. Thus he who identifies himself with the Movement really joins the companions of rny master, the best of God's Apostles. And this is the interpretation of the words. "Others of them who have not yet joined them," (Quran LXIL3) as it would be clear to all thinking men. Whoever makes diffe- rence between myself and the Holy Prophet of Islam has failed to recognize me. " (Khutbai Ilhamiya) But if all the signs are fulfilled and I the claimant to both these heavenly offices, have been among you for more than twenty-five years, whom are you looking for still ? To whom do all these signs point except to him who claimed to be the Mes- senger of God before their appearance. For signs could not be shown for one oi whom no trace can be found in the world. A wonderful hard-heartedness this that when all the prophesied signs have appeared in support of my claim and all attempts to bring me to naught have proved futile, still another is expected. It is true that I have not with this body of clay descended from heaven, nor have I come into the world to cause wars and blood- shed, but I am from God and have come to sow the seed of peace.