Hazrat Ahmad — Page 7
HADHRAT AHMAD 7 sincere and devoted servant of the Holy Prophet of Islam and was a person of blameless life and of the highest spiritual stature. In 1891 he proclaimed that God had revealed to him that he was the. Promised Messiah of the latter days. One of his revelations described him as the champion of Allah in the chamber of. Prophets. He announced that one of his principal functions was to set forth from the Quran, in the light of revelation vouchsafed to him, the guidance needed by mankind in the epoch that lay ahead, which he described as bearing the same relationship to his age as the age of Adam. In the discharge of that function he displayed before the wondering eyes of seekers after Truth a vast and seemingly limitless treasury of knowledge, philosophy, guidance, wisdom and truth from the Quran. In fact, he disclosed to mankind a new and splendid spiritual universe which was contained in the. Quran. The moral and spiritual values inculcated by the Quran and illustrated in their perfection by the Holy Prophet were revived by him, so that men could profit not only from his precept but also from his example. In short, he was appointed to set forth God's answer to the vast complexity of the problems of the coming epoch. . He enjoyed communion with his Maker, and pointed out the way to that communion for all seekers, so that today, in far corners of the earth, his disciples are blessed with that experience and bear testimony to it. . His prophecies continue to be fulfilled in all parts of the earth and furnish testimony to his righteousness and the truth of his claim. . The guidance set forth by him has proved the salvation of millions to whom it has brought peace of mind and inner serenity in the midst of a world beset with turmoil and all kinds of tribulations. . This small booklet sets forth in a nutshell some of the events of his career, furnishing glimpses of his life and character wholly inadequate to satisfy the ardent and eager curiosity of a scholar or a seeker, but better than no information at all. Indeed, the absence of an authentic and comprehensive account in the English language of his life, character and message, has been a serious gap which must be filled to counteract the malaise which is corroding the