Lecture Lahore — Page 41
41 posal. Then, after a great fight—which, you must remem- ber, will be a spiritual one—God’s Messiah shall emerge victorious, and Satanic forces shall be annihilated. There- after, for a thousand years, which have been described as the 'seventh day', God’s majesty, glory, holiness and one- ness shall prevail upon the earth. And this shall be followed by the end of the world. Let it be known that I am that Messiah. Let him who will, accept me. There are sects that do not believe in the existence of Sa- tan, and they might wonder what I mean by all this. Be it known that man is drawn by two forces, the force of good and the force of evil. The Islamic Shariah attributes the first to Angels, and the second to Satan. This means that there are two forces acting upon man, and he at times leans towards good, and at times inclines towards evil. I believe there are many in this gathering who view with disdain my claim of being the Promised Messiah and be- ing blessed with Divine discourse, and look down upon me with contempt, but I can hardly blame them. Those who are sent by God always have to bear ridicule in the beginning, and it may be rightly said that a Prophet is not without honour but in the beginning of his mission. God’s Holy Prophet and Messenger sa , to whom the Holy Quran was revealed, who gave us the Shariah, whose followers we are proud to be, and upon whom the Law was per- fected, was received in the same manner by his people. For thirteen years he led a solitary and helpless existence