Guidance for Perceiving Minds — Page 74
h a d rat Mirza ghulam AHmAD as 74 whisperer appeared. It was like a foetus in a sac for six thousand years, then it was born after nine hundred years. By “years,” I mean the years that came after the first three centuries. So, calculate the time if you are among the doubters. There are people who spend mountains of gold to propagate misguidance. Have you ever seen anyone as persistent as them in insisting on ignorance? They have established a stronghold in your land, which they seized by force. They aim to strip you of your piety and tarnish you with disgrace. However, what was evi- dent from Allah has manifested, and the news of trials and trib- ulations has come to pass. So, what darkness remains after these dark times? The Antichrist you perceive is merely an illusion in your minds, while time has only revealed these tribulations and the affliction of these evil deeds. This is a great trial in the sight of Allah, and it almost caused the heavens to burst open and the steadfast moun- tains to fall. They lived for a thousand years after the first three centuries. Their existence was initially felt like the rustling of a snake as it moves and stretches. Then, the awareness of their presence increased until the sneaking whisperer appeared. Misguidance and evil whispering became widespread, and filth and impurities increased. Nine hun- dred years have passed since he was in the womb like a foetus. And nothing was heard from him, not even a whisper, hissing, buzzing, or any trace of a response to Islam in writing and composition. Those nine are the days of the Antichrist’s gestation period, and nine is typically the duration of pregnancy in most cases. If you wish, count from the end of the three centuries to a time that completes the number nine. Then the Antichrist was born at the