The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 35
Status of the Promised Messiahas. Fulfilment of the Need of the Time its 35. In this age of ours, every kind of abuse by the opponents has reached climax. Vituperation, faultfinding and imposture have arrived at a limit which cannot be exceeded. At the same time, the condition of the Muslims has deteriorated to the extreme. Hundreds of innovations and all types of pagan practices and rejection of faith are observed on all sides. Therefore, most certainly this is the age in which a great Reformer should appear according to the prophecy: مطمرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ". Then all praise be to Allāh that I am that Reformer. [Tiryāq-ul-Qulub, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 15, p. 453, footnote]. I exhort every Muslim to arise for the sake of Islam, for Islam is faced with great difficulties. Help it now, for it is poor. I have come for this purpose and God. Almighty has bestowed the knowledge of the Qur'ān on me and has disclosed to me the verities and realities of His Book and has given me miraculous signs, so come to me and partake of these bounties. I swear by Him in Whose hand is my life that I have been sent by God Almighty. Was it not necessary that at the turn of this century, characterized by great disturbances and all-too-obvious catastrophes, a Reformer should appear putting forth his claim clearly? You will soon recognize me through my works. The path 19 9 . . . will clear thee from the charges of those who disbelieve. . . ―Āle-'Imran, 3:56 [Publisher]