The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 101
Status of the Promised Messiahas 101 nothing that is solely my own. For this reason I believe firmly that if after the Holy Prophets someone claims to be an appointed one in his own right and to have a direct relationship with God Almighty without the benefit of the grace of the Holy Prophetsa, such a person is rejected by God and in disgrace. . God Almighty has proclaimed once and for all that no one can enter through the door that leads to God except by following the Holy Prophetsa. [Malfūzāt, vol. 3, pp. 284-287]. I, the claimant of both these dignities, have been among you for twenty-five years. Who then are you waiting for beside me? All these signs refer to the one who is present at the time of their manifestation, and not to someone of whom there is no trace in the world. It is a case of strange hard-heartedness. I simply fail to understand why people still await someone else when my claim has been affirmed by all the relevant signs and all opposition against me has been frustrated! It is true that I have not descended physically from heaven, nor have I come into the world to fight and cause bloodshed, but I have come for peace and am from God. I prophesy that after me and till the end of days, no Mahdi will ever appear from God who will create disturbance in the world through war and bloodshed, nor will there be any Messiah who will descend physically from heaven. You had better bid farewell to both these notions. These are vain desires which the people of this generation will carry with them to the grave. No