The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 59
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. For Christians to understand the reason of fulfillment of this prophecy, of the second coming of Jesus, by Hadhrat Ahmad, a devout Muslim, reformer and a prophet without any law; it is important to understand the evolution of religion. As we understand from the Holy Quran, Allah, the Gracious and Merciful has provided spiritual guidance for the whole of mankind. For this purpose Allah. raised His messengers or prophets to all nations of the world, starting with Adam as the first prophet. God sent his revelation to all prophets containing knowledge about Unity of His Divine Being and other moral and spiritual guidance and commandments. As God is One and. He is the source of all revealed religions in history, the fundamental teachings of all religions were similar. The commandments may have differed somewhat due to particular circumstances and the level of development of a nation. . In the Holy Quran Muslims are commanded to believe in all earlier prophets and the revelations granted to them by God which are sometimes called "Books of Allah". This belief in earlier revelations. is as a matter of principle, because most of the original ones have not been preserved in present day scriptures except the Holy Quran. "We did raise among every people a Messenger with the teaching, 'worship Allah and shun the evil one' (Quran 16:37) "We indeed, sent Messengers before thee; of them are some whom we have mentioned to thee, and of them are some we have not mentioned to thee. " (Quran 40:79) "This Messenger, (the Holy Prophet of Islam) believes in that which was revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers; all of them believe in Allah; and in His angels, and in His books, and in. His messengers saying, 'We make no distinction between any of His messengers. And they say, 'We have heard and we are obedient. . . . . (Quran 2:286) " "And verily, we gave Moses the Book and caused Messengers to follow in his footsteps after him; and to Jesus, Son of Mary, we gave manifest signs, and strengthened him with the spirit of holiness. . Will you, then, every time a messenger comes to you with what you 59