Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 458
462 law and We are; its protector" ( '. &'$ 'H ** ^ h /^ '! w j> ^ IJ has done nothing to. bring about a reformation. Outwardly he believes in the word of Allah that He will be raising (Caliphs) successors to the Holy Prophet among the Muslims as he raised successors to Moses among the Jews, but as he believes that Allah has raised no Caliph in the present age he impliedly charges Allah with the violation of His promise. Not only that but he denies even the similarity of the Islamic with the Mosaic des- pensation as given in the Quran, to keep up which it was quite essential that as a Messiah had appeared in the former so was a Meseiah to, appear in the latter in the beginning of the 14th century. Similarly, he' will, have to reject the. verse ^ ^/i ;*> F 3 ^ ) jfls\b U (And He has raised a Messenger among others who have not yet joined them i. e- the Muslims of the early, period) which speaks of the second advent of the Prophet, Mohammad, peace be upon him. In this way he disavows many verses of the Quran. But I declare positively that he will have to forsake the Holy Book 'altogether. Consider then the consequences of not believing in ine. I do not say it of myself, I solemnly declare it as a truth that my rejection implies the renouncing of the whole of the Quran. He (the disbeliever in me). may not confess it verbally but his action speaks for itself. One of my revelations refers to ; the point which is ^_&* \* ) 3 ^^ &** I i. e. My rejection necessita- tes the rejection of Allah and to accept me is to confirm one's beliefs in Allah: and His. existence. Again my rejection means the rejection of the Holy Prophet Muhammad himself, and there- fore before one should venture to reject me one should seriously consider whom he is going to reject. The question arises "How could my rejection mean the rejection of the Holy Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him ?" The Holy Prophet foretold that the close of every century would witness