Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 282
282 > Uto U ) iJU ^ *U) ^ ;?fc i e%. the Apostle of God in the clothes. v of all the Prophets. I have consequently inherited the distinc- tive quality of every Prophet. And it is through me and in me , that the traits of every Apostle's character have been made ( manifest. " The Apostle of God in the clothes of all the Prophets, , "The meaning of this Divine Revelation is this that I have been gifted with a large share of the special characteristics of all the prophets from Adam downwards that have been raised on / earth by God, whether Israelite or non-Israelite- There has never been a single prophet from whose special qualities I have not \ received a portion. Indeed, rny nature takes in the colour of special endowments of each and every Divine Messenger, For so I has God informed me. . . The revelation points to the fact that present is the time in which we find accumulated both the perfections of the good and the extremities of evil. And were it not for God's grace, the evil-doers of the present day would de- serve and suffer the judgments of olden times, or, in other words, all visitations of the past ages would gather their strength in the present times. The ancient tribes were destroyed by various heavenly visitations some died of plague, some were destroyed by thunder-bolt, some by earthquake, some by deluge, some by storm, some were buried alive,, and so on. Men of these times should be in constant dread of like visitations, unless they chose to mend their ways. . . . . . . . The wheel of time is always in motion, and the likes of men, both good and bad, are created again and again in the world. In these days God so willed that the diverse qualities and virtues of all noble, true and holy pro- V phets of God dwell in one individual person. And I am that