The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 31
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. AN IMPOSTER DOES NOT FLOURISH. It is a unanimous and firm belief of Muslims that according to the Holy Quran a person who fabricates and then attributes it to God like a false claimant of revelation does not escape divine punishment. . He is ruined and does not flourish. This principle is explained in the. Holy Quran when Allah says, while referring to the Holy Prophet, "If he had fabricated any saying and attributed it to Us, We would surely have seized him by the right hand and then surely We would have severed his life artery, and not one of you could have held Us from it. " (69:39-48). Thus according to the Holy Quran an impostor of divine. revelation never succeeds. Hadhrat Ahmad claimed to receive divine revelations from early seventies of the 19th century till his death on. May 26, 1908, a period of over thirty years. Not only did he not suffer any divine punishment but he achieved glorious success after success in all his endeavors. He seemed to enjoy divine help in an unprecedented degree and claimed that Allah had given him divine guarantee of security. His opponents declared him an infidel and an apostate from Islam and declared that his assassination would earn paradise for anyone. There was no dearth of fanatics among his opponents, yet throughout his life he enjoyed complete security not only in the physical sense but also in respect of his freedom, dignity, and honour. Both friends and foes were amazed at the divine support he enjoyed. His opponents took part in all sorts of conspiracies to dishonour and harm him but were unsuccessful and were themselves. disgraced. One of his revelations was: "I will disgrace anyone who intends to dishonour you. " (Tazkira). He successfully completed his mission of revival and defence. of Islam. By the time of his death he had been accepted by four hundred thousand devout disciples in India and a few abroad, who excelled in obedience and were fired with the spirit of sacrifice for the cause of Islam. When he died in 1908, even his opponents 31