The Conclusive Argument — Page 6
6 THE CONCLUSIVE ARGUMENT It is by the grace of His teach- ing and through the gift of under- standing bestowed by Him that [I have learned that] the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, died a natu- ral death and passed away just as his other fellow Messengers passed away. Allah gave me glad tidings and said: 'The Promised Messiah whom they are looking forward to and the blessed Mahdi whom they are awaiting, is none other than you. We do whatever We please. Be not, therefore, of those who doubt. ' He also said: 'We made you the Messiah, son of Mary: Thus He broke the seal of His secret and informed me of the mysteries of this matter. These frequency and these glad tid- الرسله من الوارثين وكان من مفائح تعليمه، وعطايا تفهيمه، أن المسيح عيسى بن مريم قد مات بموته الطبعي وتوفي كإخوانه من المرسلين وبشرني وقال إن المسيح الموعود الذي يرقبونه والمهدي المسعود الذي ينتظرونه هو أنت، نفعل ما نشاء فلا تكونن من الممترين وقال إنا جعلناك المسيح ابن مريم، ففَضَّ خَتْمَ سره وجعلني على دقائق الأمر من المطلعين وتواترت هذه revelations occurred with such الإلهامات، وتتابعت البشارات ings were given so regularly that I became fully convinced. Then حتى صرتُ من المطمئنين ثم -I chose the path of care and dis cretion and turned my attention towards the Book of Allah that guards the pathways of peace, تخيّرت طريق الحزامة، ورجعت إلى كتاب الله خفير طرق السلامة،