Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 120
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 120 When the death of Jesus as was proven and the necessity of a Messiah breaking the cross was proven in this time, what do you think, O youngsters? Will Allah destroy this Ummah at the hands of the People of the Cross, or send a man to rejuvenate the religion and protect its walls? By Allah, I am that Promised Messiah, a bounty from Allah, the Compassionate and the Most Loving. I am the fulfil- ment of the prophecy of Fu sus ul- H ikam , 1 the guard during the raids of thieves, and the shield of religion from the Gracious when it is attacked. Do you not ponder over the two chains: the chain of Moses as and the chain of the Master of the Universe s as ? You have affirmed that Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was made at the beginning of the chain like Moses as. So why do you not see at the end of the chain the likeness of Jesus as ? You know the necessity of the advent of someone from Allah, yet you ignore it, while you see the corruptions of the time but turn a blind eye. You watch what [afflictions] were poured on Islam and then you sleep, and you were called to be supporters of Islam, instead you argue in favour of the Christians. Do you fight Allah to make Him powerless? Allah has full power over His decree, but you do not know. Your appointed time has drawn near, so what is the matter with you that you do not fear? Do you think that I have forged a lie against Allah while you know the fate of people who forge lies against Him? Indeed, the curse of Allah is upon those who forge 1. Fu sus ul- H ikam [The Seals of Wisdom] is a book written by Ibn Arabi where he mentioned the signs of the Mahdi. [Publisher]