Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 270
270 I prophecy that after me no Mahdi would come who should fill / the earth with blood, nor would any Messiah ever descend from ; heaven. Be despaired of both of them, for these are vain hopes which will be buried in graves with this generation. The / Promised One has come, and I am he by whose appearance the promise of God has been fulfilled. He who rejects me fights with (3k)d. He does not question my truth, but opposes the will of God and says, why did He bring about the fulfilment of His promises in this manner ? Such errors in understanding the meaning of prophecies was also committed by the Jews, and many who, were learned, among them, stumbled on account of misconception of the prophetic word. They thought one way and the truth turned out to be elsewhere. Do not be insolent, for the days of God are corne, and heaven is showing you the wonderful signs which your fathers never dreamt of. Blessed are they who do not stumble in judging and accepting me. And peace be on him who follows guidance. . (Vol, IV R. R 1905. ) An Interpretation of the title of Avtar or Incarnation of Shri Krishna given to the Promised Messiah. My advent in this age is not meant for the reformation of the Muharnrnadans only, but Almighty God has willed to bring about through me a regeneration of three great nations, viz. , Hindus, Muhammadans and Christians. As for the last two I am the Promised Messiah, as for the first I have been sent as an Avtar. It is more than twenty years since 1 announced that as I have appeared in the character of Christ, son of Mary, to purify the earth of the injustice, iniquity and sins which prevailed upon it, I corne likewise in the character of Raja Krishna, the greatest Avtar of the Hindu religion, and spiritually I am the same man. I do not say this of my own accord, but the Mighty God, who is