Malfuzat – Volume X — Page 347
1 May 1908 347 And in another revelation it is said: َ ْح َ ابۡن َ مَرۡیَم ی ِ ِِّٰ الَّذِی ۡ جَعَلَك َ الْمَس لل ُ أَلۡحَمۡد َ ْح َ ابۡن َ مَرۡیَم ی ِ ِِّٰ الَّذِی ۡ جَعَلَك َ الْمَس لل ُ أَلۡحَمۡد [All praise belongs to the Allah who has made you Masih Ibn-e-Maryam (the Messiah, Son of Mary). ] Thus, I am verily the one who has been so named by Allah the Exalted in accordance with the Hadith and the Holy Quran, and I am verily the one who has been appointed as the Promised One as. As for the Messiah of Nazareth, he has undoubtedly died and his death has been repeatedly mentioned in the Holy Quran in the most emphatic terms. There is no way for him to come back to life now. How foolish and ignorant it is to wait for him even after Allah the Exalted has placed another in his stead! What I am really saying is that those who argue in this matter and say that they should be given the Signs that they ask for, look—hundreds of such Prophets have also come about whom there were no prophecies in any earlier scripture. The truth of the matter is that a true Prophet is accompa- nied by the awe-inspiring presence of God. And the one who comes from God, of necessity, has the banner of Divine Signs and help with him. You see, an opponent can create many excuses for not accepting the miracles mentioned in the Bible, the New Testament, the Quran, or Hadith. He can accuse them of having been modified or altered or he can interpret them in a different way focusing on a different aspect. Therefore, if the decision has to depend—and be entirely based on—past events, then this can present great difficulties, but Allah the Exalted does not at all desire that truth and falsehood be confused and that truth remain suspect upon the people of the world. That is