Noah's Ark: An Invitation to Faith — Page 88
HAZRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD (AS) fourteenth century, just as He had raised the previous Messiah son of Mary at the head of the fourteenth century. God continues to show many powerful signs in my favour. And there is no one under the canopy of heaven from opposing Muslims, Jews and Christians etc. , who possesses the power to match these signs. After all, how can a weak and lowly human contend against God? I am a foundation stone set by God Himself. Whosoever shall try to break this stone will be thwarted. Instead, when it falls on them, they will be crushed, for this stone belongs to God and it has been laid by the hand of God. And the second stone has been prepared and put forth in contestation by my opponents. In their opposition towards me they followed in the footsteps of the Jews of the past to the extent that they even sought my end by bringing a murder case against me, of which God forewarned me. This case against me was far graver than the one brought against Jesus son of Mary, for the case against Jesus was based merely on a theological disagreement, which in the eyes of the ruler was of little importance; rather, it equated to nothing. However, the case crafted against me was one of attempted murder. During the Messiah's trial, Jewish priests testified against him, therefore, it was but necessary that certain Muslim clerics testified against me also. And so for this task, God chose Maulvi Muhammad Husain Batalvi. He arrived to provide his testimony draped in a long cloak in the same manner that the High Priest came to testify in court against the Messiah, and have him put to the cross. The 88