The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 43
Status of the Promised Messiahas 43 there. God has sent me so that I should bestow sight upon the blind who have been sightless, not just for a few years, but for over nineteen hundred years! [Majmu'ah Ishtihārāt, vol. 2, p 305]. Fighting the Satanic Forces of the Age. In this age, the Holy Prophets and Islam have been reviled in abusive writings to a degree which has no parallel among any other Prophet in any age. . . . In this age, Satan, along with all his followers, is trying his utmost to destroy Islam. Without a doubt, this is the final battle between truth and falsehood. Thus, this age deserves the advent of a Divinely commissioned one for its reformation. And he is the Promised Messiah, who is present among you. This age required that, at this delicate moment in time, God should provide a conclusive argument with heavenly signs. . These heavenly signs are now being exhibited. . Heaven is eager to exhibit so many signs as would blow the trumpet of the victory of Islam in every country and every part of world. O Mighty Lord, hasten Thou the day which Thou hast willed to be made manifest. Let Thy glory shine forth in the world and let the victory of Thy faith and Thy Messenger be proclaimed. Āmīn. [Chashma-e-Ma'rifat, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 23, pp. 94-95]. I have been commanded to nurture the moral qualities of people. Since all this endeavour possesses a. Messianic character, God Almighty has named me the Promised Messiah. Having proclaimed this, I re-