The Essence of Islam – Volume I

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Page 302 of 543

The Essence of Islam – Volume I — Page 302

302. Essence of Islam-1 be on him] had to contend against the whole world and the task that was committed to him was in truth the work of a thousand or two thousand Prophets. [Brāhīn-e-Ahmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, Vol. 1 pp. 112-116, footnote 10]. The time of the advent of the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] needed a grand Divine. Reformer and heavenly guide, and the teaching that he set forth was true and was greatly needed and comprised everything that fulfilled the needs of the time. That teaching was so effective that it pulled hundreds of thousands of hearts to the truth and impressed on hundreds of thousands of minds that: لا إله إلا الله . 185. He fulfilled the ultimate purpose of Prophethood, that is to say, teaching the principles of salvation so perfectly that no other Prophet was able to fulfil it to such perfection in any age. These facts compel one to bear eager witness that the Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of. Allāh be on him] was a true guide from God. . There is no remedy for a person who denies out of bigotry and obstinacy. Such a person could even deny the existence of God, otherwise all these signs of righteousness and truth which are combined so perfectly in the. Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] cannot be established in the case of any other Prophet. . Let him who dares come forward to show them to us. [Brāhīn-e-Aḥmadiyya, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, Vol. 1 pp. 112-114]. Our Holy Prophet [peace and blessings of Allāh be on him] was a great Reformer for the proclamation of truth, 185 There is no one worthy of worship except Allāh. [Publisher]