The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 271
THE PROMISED MESSIAH AND MAHDI upon you; but the first condition is purity of the heart. If you have sincerity and purity everything will be bestowed upon you. (Kashti. Nuh, pp. 32-40). " " " 14. Who is my friend and who is dear to me? Only he who recognizes me, only he who believes that I have been sent and who accepts me as those are accepted who are sent. The world cannot accept me because I am not of the world, but those whose nature has been invested with a portion of the other world accept me and will accept me. He who turns aside from me turns aside form Him Who has sent Me. . . . . . I hold a lamp in my hand. He who comes to me will surely partake of its light, but he who, out of ill-thinking, runs away will be cast into the darkness. I am the citadel of security for this age. He who enters therein will be secure against thieves, robbers and wild beasts. He who seeks to remain away from my walls will be confronted with death from every direction and even his dead body will not be saved. Who is it who enters my citadel?. Only he who discards vice, and adopts goodness, and gives up crookedness, and treads along the path of truth, and frees himself from the bondage of Satan and becomes an obedient servant of God. . Almighty. Everyone who does that is in me and I an in him. (Fateh. Islam, pp. 34-50, footnote) 15. The name which is appropriate for this Movement and which we prefer for ourselves is Muslims of the Ahmadiyya sect. We have chosen this name because the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, had two names Muhammad and Ahmad; Muhammad was his name of glory and Ahmad was his name of beauty. In the name of Muhammad was implicit a prophecy that the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, would punish with the sword such enemies as would attack Islam with the sword and slaughter hundreds of Muslims. His name Ahmad indicated that he should spread peace and security in the world. God so arranged the life of the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, that his. Meccan life was a manifestation of his name Ahmad and the Muslims were taught patience and endurance. In his life in Medina, his name. 271