Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 358
358 was fulfilled as that relating to the eclipse of the San, and the moon related in the Holy Quran and authentic traditions, or who was raised in the beginning of the country which according to trustworthy traditions is the time of the appearance of a true Reformer, or who was raised with a claim to break the cross when in was in the zenith of its power, or who was. assisted by God in every step, or- who showed hundreds of thousand of heavenly signs, or who was given honor and acceptance like me on the face of the earth, or who had hundreds of prophecies ful- filled for him, or who appeared at the appointed hour as foretold by all the prophets, or whose prayers were accepted in the same manner as mine are, or whose words had the efficacy to draw men out of evil, and that Almighty God favored him with all these blessings notwithstanding his presistent imposture during a long period ? It is a most certain fact that the promise which had been given of old by the prophets of God, has now been fulfilled. It is the fiual struggle between the Messenger of God and the arch-fiend. This is the time and hour which was foretold by Daniel. I came as a grace of God for the seekers after truth but I was laughed at. Base appellations were hurled at me and I was called a heretic and the anti-christ and I was numbered with the wicked. But it was necessary that all this should have happened so that the prophecy contained in the last verse of the Fatilia should have been fulfilled. It was necessary that the **jfc religious leaders of tue people should have denied me and thus acquired a resemblance with the Jewish priests. The whole blame of my rejection by the Muslims is upon the shoulders of their leaders who have led them astray. Not only are they themselves falling away irorn the path of righteousness, but they are also diverting the. ignorant people from it. What machina-