Life of Ahmad — Page 281
as PREACHES UNTO EAST AND WEST 281 Addressing them he would say: 'Verily, I say unto you that Jesus as himself shall testify against you before the Father and shall disown you; for he always preached that thou must honour the Father above all things, and he always taught God alone has the knowledge of things hidden, and He alone has power, and all signs are with Him, and He alone will judge, and He alone is the Master and He alone is the Giver. But ye have cast aside his words and, while professing to love him, ye act like enemies; and, calling yourselves his disciples, ye have destroyed the work of his lifetime; and then you are satisfied that he will come back and reward you. Ye misguided people, he will not reward you but will prove your guilt. Behold! I have been sent in his name to point out to you the error of your ways and to warn you of the day when the heavens shall be shaken and the earth shall tremble, and that which a man’s hands had fashioned and which appeared goodly in his sight and of which he was proud shall compass his ruin, and his own handiwork shall destroy him and the fruits of his labour shall kill him, and that which a man rejoiced in will push him into the grave. Repent, therefore, before that hour arrives and accept him of whom ye were told by the Messiah in his first advent, and to whom he