The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 262
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI. MISCELLANEOUS 1. From the day God created this heaven and earth it has never happened that He destroyed those who were good. On the contrary for the sake of such as these He has always shown great marvels and will show even now. . Our God is a very loyal God, and for those who remain loyal to Him He shows wonderful works. The world wishes to tear them to pieces and to eat them up; and every enemy grinds his teeth on them; but He Who is their friend saves them from every danger, and brings them out triumphant in every field. How fortunate, then, is he who does not let go his hold of such a God. He alone is the God Who has sent down His revelation on me; Who, for me, has shown powerful signs; Who has sent me down as the Promised Messiah for this age. . There is no God whatsoever except He, in heaven, nor on earth. . Whosoever does not yield faith to Him, he remains deprived of good, deprived of blessings, and deprived of succour. From our God we have received Revelation that shines like the sun. We have seen that. He alone is the God of the whole world, and there is no other God. . How powerful indeed is the God we have found, and how Sustaining!. And how great, how wonderful are the qualities of the God we have seen! The truth is that for Him there is nothing impossible, except what runs counter to His own book and His own promise. Therefore, when you pray to Him, you shall not be like those ignorant naturalists who have formed a natural law of their own which does not bear the stamp of God, for they are the rejected ones whose prayers will never be accepted. They are blind, not gifted with vision; they are dead, not alive. They put before God a law shaped by themselves, and they put limitations of their own on His powers, holding Him weak and helpless beyond those limitations. Naturally, they would be dealt with in the light of their own condition. . But when thou standest up for prayer, it is incumbent on thee to hold that thy God has power over all things. Only then shall thy 262