The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 61
Status of the Promised Messiahas 61 fourteenth century would be none other than the. Promised Messiah. Authentic Aḥādīth also confirm repeatedly that the Messiah would appear after the thirteenth century. Then, does not my claim at this point in time clearly conform with the time and the circumstances? Is it possible that the prophecy of the. Holy Prophets should turn out to be false? I have made it clear that if the Promised Messiah were not to appear at the turn of the fourteenth century, many of the prophecies of the Holy Prophets would go unfulfilled and many saints, who were recipients of revelation, would turn out to be wrong. [2] When the divines are asked, who else beside me has claimed to be the Reformer of the fourteenth century, and who else has announced his advent from God and claims to be the recipient of revelation and to have been commissioned by God, they have no answer and are unable to name anyone who has made such a claim. . . . [3] The third sign of the truth of my claim is that, as. I have set out in the Nishan-e-Āsmānī, some men of. God, who passed away many years before me, had given the news of my coming, specifying clearly my name and place of residence and my age. [4] The fourth sign of the truth of my claim is that I have dispatched approximately twelve thousand letters and announcements to the representatives of other faiths, inviting them to a contest in the blessings of faith. There is perhaps not a single wellknown clergyman in Europe, America and India who