The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 260
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI as Kafir and Dajjal and have been counted among the disbelievers. . But all this was predestined so that the prophecy may be fulfilled which is described in the verse, "Those who suffered under the displeasure of God". This is because by referring to the party of the. Blessed One, God has disclosed that there shall be among the. Muslims those who shall be similar to those divines of the Jews who had attempted to crucify Jesus and who had denounced Jesus (God forbid) as a Kafir, a great deceiver and an impugner of true religion. . Now reflect carefully on what all this points to. This indicates. that the Promised Messiah was to appear form among the Muslims. . That is why people akin to the Jews and who would delude themselves being called the learned in religion were also to be created. That prophecy has not been fulfilled in your country. Had these divines not been present, the entire Muslim population would have accepted me by now. The sin, therefore, of those who reject my claim, lies at the door of these divines. Neither do these Ulema wish to enter the abode of righteousness themselves nor do they wish to let the less intelligent folks enter the same. What pretence do they employ and what chicanery and subterfuge do they use secretly in misleading the simple artless people? But can they ever prevail over. God? Would they frustrate the will of God, the Omnipotent, Who made it known through His Prophets? They rely on the support of the vile rich and the unfortunate men of affluence who hanker after worldly gains. But in the sight of God they are no more than dead worms. . O ye people, hearken to my call! Remember that this is at prophecy from Him Who created the earth and the heaven. We will cause this, His Own Movement, to spread in all countries and shall cause them to triumph over all others through reasoning and argument. The days are approaching, nay they are near at hand, when only this religion shall be spoken of with honour and respect. God. shall grant this religion and this Movement His choicest blessings and unprecedented success and frustrate the designs of all those who seek to destroy them and shall perpetuate their ascendancy till the time the world comes to its end. They jeer at me now but their jeering shall 260