The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 130
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. HIS LOVE FOR g. THE HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD. The Promised Messiah, Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad had an exceptional and extreme love for the Holy Prophet Muhammad, that it is hard to find an instance of its kind. Every fibre of his body, his heart and soul was intoxicated with this love. In one of his couplets he says: "Next to God, I am drunk. With the love of Muhammad:. If this be Kufr (Disbelief),. By God I am, indeed,. A great Kafir. Confirmed and hard"! (Izala Auhaam). The Promised Messiah found Islam and Muslims in a weak condition. He could not bear to see this and undertook the revival of. Islam. For this purpose he waged a great Jihad to uphold the honour of the Holy Prophet and Islam. He explained the excellencies of the. Holy Prophet and Islam. He answered effectively all the objections of opponents of every creed and thought and challenged them with superior qualities of Islam. He proclaimed that the Holy Prophet was an ever-living prophet and his blessings were ever-living in every age. . He demonstrated the truth of the Holy Prophet with strong arguments, heavenly signs and prophecies. He claimed that whatever Divine revelation he had received was due to his love and complete obedience to the Holy Prophet. It was part of living blessings and miracles of the Holy Prophet. He claimed that if he had not been in his Umma (community), and if he had not followed him most implicitly in every thing; this blessing would not have been extended to him even if his virtuous endeavors had piled up as high as a mountain. He challenged opponents of Islam that though signs and 130