Life of Ahmad — Page 1
1 CHAPTER 1 "THE MIGHTY HOUR" Give heed to the voice from the heavens: 'The Messiah as has come! the Messiah as has come!' Listen also to the words of the earth: 'The Leader of the age is here!' From the heavens doth come a shower of mighty signs, and the earth Declares that now is the appointed time. For me the two bear witness, and cry aloud As a restless wind that won’t be stilled. (Ahmad as ) The present age is crying for the advent of the Messiah. A modern writer says: 'Like Israel at Sinai this modern world of ours has made new gods for itself to worship. . . Man has succumbed to the temptation to worship the works of his own hands, and to ignore the One from whom all inspiration for achievement proceeds. Indeed, under the strain and stress of