Life of Ahmad — Page 283
as PREACHES UNTO EAST AND WEST 283 into the mind. Being the recipient of Divine inspiration and revelation, Ahmad as tells him that he is prepared, if he so wishes, to vindicate and demonstrate the claim of the Prophets that they hold verbal communion with God. Ahmad as also pointed out that Sir Sayyid was contradicting his own previous writing (See page 7 on the point). In short, in this book Ahmad as called men to God and invited all mankind to enter His Kingdom. And it is most remarkable that when this book was being written and his enemies, proud in their strength, imagined that they would grind him to powder, the Mighty Lord, who had sent him to require His rights of men, gave him repeated assurances of His favour and support and comforted him by saying: 'Thou wilt appear as one vanquished but shalt triumph in the end and thine shall be the final victory. ' 'God hath willed to spread thy uniqueness, thy greatness and thy perfection. ' 'God shall reveal thy face and shall lengthen thy shadow. ' 'I shall glorify thee unto the corners of the earth and shall exalt thy name and shall cause men to love thee. ' In this book Ahmad as also published a vision of his. His words are— 'The rising of the Sun from the West (as predicted by the Holy Prophet sa of Islam) means that Western countries, which have for