The Essence of Islam – Volume V — Page 142
142. Essence of Islam-V me. The world was unaware of His light, but now, through me, His glorious light will spread all over the world. Just as you see a bolt of lightening illuminating the whole sky in a flash, so will happen in this age. Addressing me, God Almighty says, 'For your sake I descended upon the earth; and for you did My name shine; and I chose you out of the whole world. '. And He says: قَالَ رَبُّكَ إِنَّهُ نَازِلٌ مِّنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا يُرْضِيْكَ i. e. , Your God says that such powerful miracles will descend from heaven that you shall be pleased. Of these, one is the plague, and there have already occurred two strong earthquakes-about which I had foretold after receiving revelation from God. But now. God says that five more earthquakes shall occur, and the world shall witness their extraordinary brilliance, and shall know for a certainty that they are in fact signs from God which have appeared in support of. His servant the Promised Messiah. Alas! The astrologers and soothsayers of this age contend with me in the matter of these prophecies, just as the magicians had contended with Prophet Mosesas. Some ignorant claimants to revelation, who languish in pits of darkness, abandon the truth and abet the misguided in order to confront me, just like Balaam. But God says that He will humiliate them, and shall not grant this honour to anyone else. Now is the time for them all to confront me with their astrology or their revelations. . And if they now spare me any of their onslaughts, they shall surely be the losers. God says: I shall defeat