Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 399
399 'himself 'as a ( n example of how one'co'tild a^tai'n'tfre hih6st 'spiri- tual 'blessings by following the teachings of the Holy Prophet '6f Isfarn (may' peace and the blessings of God be upon him), He was a Prophet because he being inspired by God r published hundreds > " , Vi - ' "~ ! ?~ " '". ' ' ^ of prophecies which came out true and his. revelations contain t A ' , , ;. * ~"y '. 1 many more prophecies which pertain to both near and distant future so that even those who have 1 not seen him may see bis truth by witnessing the fulfilment of his mighty prophecies pub- lished beforehand. He, by his advent, established the t'ruth no ; b only of the Holy Prophet of Islam (may peace and' the blessings of God be upon him) but also of all the Prophets of God, so God raised a Prophet in this age, so that by seeing the truth of his revelations, the world may also believe in the truth of the former Prophets. Nay,, God raised him to reveal His own hidden face to the world. If God spoke in the past, many had begun to ask themselves, why is it that His voice is not heard to-day ? So God spoke to him, revealed to him many secrets of the future and gave him many powerful prophecies, so that the world, by seeing the fulfilment of these prophecies, may know that God does exist and that He still speaks as He spoke in days gone by, to Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Zoroaster, Buddha, Krishna Confucius, and lastly to Muhammad, the greatest Prophet that the world ever saw (may peace and the blessings of God be upon them all). God chose a follower of Islam to be the recipient of His new revelations so that the world may know that. to-day the only religion by which one can attain salvation is Islam. This Prophet exposed the errors into which the followers of all religions, the Muslims not excepted, had fallen and thus invited the world to accept the true faith of Islam. He has dealt blows to Christianity which it can not survive and the propaganda started by this Prophet is, with the grace of God, destined to make Islam