Defence Against the Plague and a Criterion for the Elect of God — Page 22
Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad 22 greater than that Messiah [i. e. Jesus]. And O Shiites , do not per - sist in saying that Husain is your saviour , because I say truly that there is one among you now who is greater than that Husain. If I say these things of my own accord, then I am a liar. But if I possess God’s testimony concerning it, then do not oppose God, lest you be considered in opposition to God. Now hasten towards me. I liken such a one who hastens towards me at this time to the one who boards a ship at the verge of a violent storm. However, I foresee that he who does not accept me will be like the one who throws himself into a tempest with - out any provisions to save himself. I am the true intercessor, and I am the shadow and zill [reflection] of the most venerated inter - cessor— Hadrat Muhammad Mu st af a [the Chosen One], peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. The blind of this age did not accept him and treated him with deep contempt. Therefore, now with just one proclamation God has taken revenge against the Christian missionaries, because they have deified ‘ I s a bin Maryam [ Jesus son of Mary], and insulted our chief and master who is the true intercessor, and have defiled the earth with their foul writ - ings. Thus, in contrast to that Messiah, who was deified, God sent the Promised Messiah from our ummah, and he is greater than the earlier Messiah in his excellence. God gave the name Ghulam-e- Ahmad saw [the Servant of Ahmad saw ] to this Messiah, in order to point out to the Christians that their Messiah who they deem to be ‘God’ cannot compare to even a lowly servant of Ahmad saw. 1 1. One of the names of the Holy Prophet Muhammad saw as mentioned in the Holy Quran is ‘Ahmad’, and it is to him that reference is being made. [Publisher]