The Promised Son — Page 5
5 than the death of a young child? Hazrat Nusrat Jahaan ra experienced this tragedy five times. It was due to this forbearance that in one revelation God spoke to the Promised Messiah as and said ‘I am with you and your wife. ’ God had revealed to Promised Messiah as that he was the Messiah who had been promised to the world. This claim was supported by various verses of the Holy Quran, tradi- tions of the Holy Prophet sa of Islam, and visions and reve- lations of many great Muslim saints, as well as the religious and historical records of the past. God also revealed to him that he had been raised in the spirit of past prophets. God made him announce that he was the Messiah for Christians, Mahdi for Muslims, Krishna for Hindus, Buddha for Buddhists and a counterpart of all the previous prophets. He was a Redeemer for the whole of humanity. His claim to be the Messiah and Mahdi brought a huge storm of opposition from Muslims, Christians, and others. The so-called learned among the Muslims issued fatwas [decrees], declaring him as a kaafir [infidel]. In fact, all the enemies joined hands to oppose the Promised Messiah as and to destroy his cause. They used similar tactics as used by the opponents of the Holy Prophet sa. Life was made sig- nificantly harder for his followers. They were intimidated, ex-communicated, and families were forcibly separated from