Lecture Lahore — Page 67
67 God, and will suffer from the sunburns of bigotry and barbarity, with no spiritual values left intact. Then, the Messiah, who is Dhulqarnain, will come across a third people who will be suffering at the hands of Gog and Magog. These people will be deeply religious and pi- ous by nature, and will seek the help of Dhulqarnain (the Promised Messiah) against the aggression of Gog and Magog. He will erect a bright rampart for them, i. e. , he will teach them strong arguments in support of Islam which will finally repulse the attacks of Gog and Magog. He will wipe their tears, help them in every way and will stand by them. These are the people who accept me. This is a grand prophecy which tells about my advent, my time and my Jam a ‘at. Blessed is he who reads these prophecies with care. The Holy Qur’an contains many prophecies of this kind whereby it speaks about someone in the past, but its purpose is to give news about the fu- ture. S u rah Y u suf , for instance, is only a narrative on the face of it, but it contains the hidden prophecy that just as Joseph was initially looked down upon by his brothers but was made their chief in the end, the same will happen to the Quraish. They rejected the Holy Prophet sa and ex- pelled him from Mecca, but he who had been rejected became their leader and their chief. Although the Holy Quran contains repeated prophecies about the Promised Messiah, i. e. , myself, people who lack spiritual insight still say that the Holy Book does not men- tion the Promised Messiah at all. Such people are much