Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 428
to : be made for the great changes which were to be- followed 'by the re'establishment of the truth of Islam, and now as everything 'else -has come to pass exactly in accordance with'fthe vision, -the 'general recognition of the truth of Islam and its -pre valence on earth is sure to follow as a necessary concomitant, for it cannoj be that a part of the vision -should turn but to be [true whila -another of its parts should fail. (Vol. XVIII E. B. 1919*). ' ' ' " i : '. '' ' ' I { '. ''. '< Why is all this Tribulation? I wish' to' draw the attention ^of the gentile reader to a -most important subject, viz'. , the critical condition of the world. The great world wide war whidh has resulted in the ruin and desolar tion of many western countries is at last over. The Great. German Empire which rose tovthe zenitb of its power and glory, is shattered into pieces. Russia,- the largest :of all the European States, is turned upside down. Turkey, of which the very name once used to strike terror 'into the hearts f joi ;nations, is -being wiped out of the face of the earth. No :dbubt the Allies have scored a very glorious and triumphant victory, but their material 'resources have been exhausted. This is not all. In the other countries of the world, plague,- pestilence and various other dis- astrous and fatal diseases have long worked havoc by carrying away millions of human beings. Frequent shocks of ruinous earth- quakes have shaken the earth to its very foundations. Direful floods and tornados have caused famines of awful nature. There are disorders arid disturbances oh all -sides and the whole world, is passing through a tribulation the like iof which it. has nevqr seen before. Does not- ail this: call for a^n explanation? Let us see if we can arrive at a satisfactory solution of the problem.