Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 94
94 cannot be so clear and unambiguous that they virtually place the hand of the seeker into their hand. Such belief would be with - out merit and there would be no distinction between believers and unbelievers. Prophecies about God’s Messengers are always presented in ways that help true and sincere seekers to find them, while allowing the mischievous and arrogant to find excuses for their refusal to believe. Who can deny the midday sun and yet who would give a reward for such belief ? This is why Divine prophecies have an open and a hidden element to them, and this is how it should be. The same principle was observed in the case of the Promised Messiah as. Prophecies about him were worded in the same way as those regarding past Prophets but for true and insightful seek - ers, they were no less than luminous signs. Those who believe in a Prophet through arguments and are not content with blindly following their ancestors will readily benefit from these signs. On the other hand, those who profess to believe in hundreds of Prophets but have not believed in any one of them through their own investigation will find it difficult to accept a true claimant, no matter how many signs accompany him. Their faith is practically non-existent, for they only believe what their religious scholars and elders and ancestors have told them. Since they have not seen any Prophet in his true essence, it is impossible for them to rec - ognize one. They can only recognize a Prophet when they have corrected their sight through heavenly guidance and have freed themselves from the stupor of man-made beliefs and ideals. After this brief introduction, I will now cite some signs of the Promised Messiah as that were foretold by the Holy Prophet s as. I believe that anyone who looks at these signs with an unbiased