The Economic System of Islam — Page 135
135 Being given the sceptre of a country, in a revelatory vision, signifies that the recipient will be granted power and influence over that country. Thus Prophet Ezekiel’s prophecy informs us that God is not in favour of the establishment of the Communist rule, and if the new rulers do not seek God’s forgiveness, but continue to interfere in the internal affairs of other nations, they will face God’s wrath and severe punishment. But the Promised Messiah as has given us the glad tiding that the direction and control of Russia’s affairs would one day pass into the hands of Ahmadis who would be assigned the responsibility of reforming the system. These prophecies from God Almighty were made at a time when there were few indications of their being fulfilled, and this is so even today. I place these prophecies before the thousands of people gathered here today to listen to my address. The words of the Prophet Ezekiel were given to the world six hundred years before Christ; in other words, more than two thousand and five hundred years ago. At that time, very little was known of Russia, and it was unimaginable that it would assume such power and influence over other countries. The more we think, the more we are struck by the grandeur of the prophecy. Then there is the prophecy of the Promised Messiah as regarding the extinction of Czar’s reign, whose fulfilment has been witnessed by the whole world. The Promised Messiah’s second prophecy foresees the collapse of the Soviet rule and the handover of its guiding control into the hands of the Promised Messiah as. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was shown in a vision that the keys of the treasuries of the Roman and Persian Empires had been put into his hands, but they actually came into the hands of his followers, during the days of Hadrat Umar ra , In a similar way, the