Invitation to Ahmadiyyat — Page 99
99 standard-bearers of Christianity and the face of its material pro - gress. This sign is full of significance since the Holy Prophet s as also said: ِ ذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِه َّ َلَك َ قَيْصَر ُ فَال َ قَيْصَر َ بَعْدَه ُ وَال ھ ِسْرَى بَعْدَه ُ وَإِذَا ک َ ِسْرَى فَال ک َ َلَك ھ إِذَا 6 ِ َّ ُمَا فِي سَبِيل ِ الل ھ ُ ُنُوز ک َّ لَتُنْفَقَن When Chosroes dies, there will be no Chosroes after him. And when Caesar dies, there will be no Caesar after him. Then will you expend the treasures of both in the way of Allah. After having prophesied the fall of the Roman Empire and the Chosroes, it was strange to predict that the empire would once again rise up and become dominant. God’s word is bound to come true and, in keeping with the prophecy of the Holy Prophet s as , Caesar’s empire fell. After the conquest of Constantinople, even the nominal title of Caesar was lost, while Islam spread to all corners of the world. However, from the tenth century onwards, there began a period of decline for Islam, and Christianity started to re-assert itself even in countries where it had never been heard of before. For the past century or so, almost the whole world is ruled by Christians, which leaves no doubt about the fulfilment of the prophecy that the ‘Romans’ would become dominant. This prophecy is all the more important because some Muslim scholars have said that this sign will appear only after all the other signs have become manifest. Naww a b S idd i q H asan Khan in his book H ujajul Kar a mah , citing Ris a lah-e- Ha shriyah , writes: