An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 242
242 Again, it is an effort to make the right use of the necessary means. The result, too, is in the hands of God. Islam does not teach, he says, that the universe is governed by an impersonal law or a mechanical force not controlled by the Supreme Being. God is not only the Creator of the Universe, but He is also the One Who controls and superintends all its affairs. The God of Islam is a Living and Merciful God, He answers prayer and listens unto those who knock at His door. The Promised Messiah as also explained the meaning of faith and how it is increased by prayer and the prophecies made by the prophets of God. Then he dealt with the prophecy of the second advent of the Messiah and how it had been fulfilled in his person. He says: “The book has been given the title of Ayy a mu s - S ula h because it is at his hand and through heavenly means men will be gradually reconciled among themselves and also with God. Thus peace will grow and be established throughout the world. “Come, he says, and enter peace. He who accepts the One Who has sent me, come ye, O men, purify yourselves. The plague is born out of uncleanness. Cleanse yourselves physically, morally, socially and spiritually and thus become reconciled with man and God in the right earnest. ” ( Life of Ahmad by A. R. Dard ra , edition of 2008, pp. 593-594) The plague appeared first in Bombay in 1896, but during the first three months of 1897, it spread fast in the presidency of Bombay covering Poona, Kar a ch i , Cutch. The total death in Bombay presidency alone amounted to 49,103. It is noteworthy that the Promised Messiah as , while engaged in writing Barahin-e-Ahmadiyyah , spoke of the visitation of plague; it was published in 1884 20. Specimen of Writing. . . I saw in a dream that God’s angels were planting black trees in different parts of the Punjab. Those trees were very ugly, black in 20 See pages 506-507, 510 and 519,