Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 429
- It ha's been aft immutable law of GodJrom times immemorial that whenever, men fall a prey to sin and iniquity, whenever men sink into the depths. g>f ', moral. degradation,. whenever, they are tnvolved'injhe cinarnerian darkness of irreligion, whenever. . they are plunged, into, the. crassest ignorance and whenever they forsake God and give themselves up to worldly { pleasures, , God raises a prophet. He confers upon -him guidance. and wisdom, spiritual water and divine light so that he may direct the seekers after truth, and -searcher, for guidance,. and slake the thirst of the morally thirsty and enlighten the hearts of the ignorant. Again whenever tha Divine Messenger -makes his appearance and calls people t;Q enter; into his holy flock and thereby obey God, the majority ; G)f men, far from responding to his call, mock at him. and take up; cudgels against him. By ; doing so men incur the dis- pleasure of God and excite, His indignation. . Then Hi. s wrath in the : :shape ; of dire icalamities falls; upon the people. History of religion corroborates it and the Bible, the Quran and all. other scriptures testify to it. . Pharao and his mighty followers were destroyed because. they not only turned a deaf ear to Moses' call but bitterly persecuted him and -his followers. God sent des- tructive flood which deluged the country of Noah because the people to whom the : prophet was sent. not only laughed him to scorn but harassed him in every way they could. Hundreds of instances, can be multiplied to illustrate the same fact. Thus it is as clear as meridian sun that God'sends a prophet for the guidance of mankind and on account of the heedlessness to his call, and the injustice done to. him by the people, and on account of their , wicked deeds God pours forth upon them vials of His wrath. ; The advent of a Divine Messenger is always followed by visitations. and not visitations by the advent of a Divine Ke- former. So says the history of religion. It is to this law that