Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 655
A BRIGHT SIGN-SIGN NUMBER 197 655 It, therefore, follows that I should manifest the grandeur of each Prophet, and some attributes of each Prophet should be exhibited in me, but God desired that first of all He should exhibit the attributes of ‘Īsā Ibn-e-Maryamªs through me. Thus, I bore all such pain and suf- fering at the hands of my people as were borne by ‘Īsā Ibn-e-Maryam at the hands of the Jews—indeed I bore such pain and suffering from all peoples. In spite of all this, God was pleased to retain the title of the Messiah (as) for me for the purpose of breaking the Cross so that the Cross which had broken and wounded the Messiah should, this second time, be broken by the Messiah—but with heavenly Signs, not with human hands for the Prophets of God cannot be left in a state of subjuga- tion. Thus, in the twentieth century of the Christian era, God decided that the Cross should be vanquished at the hands of the Messiah. But as I have just stated, I have been given other names as well, and the name of every Prophet has been bestowed upon me. Thus have I also been given the name of Krishna who appeared as a Prophet in India, and who is also called Ruddar Gopal (that is, the Annihilator and the Nourisher). Thus, I am indeed the Krishna whose advent the Āryas are awaiting in this age. I do not make this claim on my own, but Allah the Exalted, has repeatedly disclosed to me that: جو کرشن آخری زمانہ میں ظاہر ہونے والا تھا وہ تو ہی ہے آریوں کا بادشاہ Krishna who was destined to appear in the Latter Days is your very self. The King of Aryas. 'Kingdom' here exclusively means spiritual kingdom. Such terms do occur in the divine word but they have a spiritual connotation. By way of proving, therefore, that I am indeed [in the spiritual sense] the Promised Krishna, the King of Āryas, I reproduce below with trans- lation in the footnote a recent announcement by a pandit from Delhi named Balam Kund which will show that even the recognized pandits