Real Revolution — Page 4
Some ignorant maulavees have been known to ask wherefrom the Promised Messiah deduced this principle: but people of this type do not really give any deep thought to the Holy Quran. This principle is clearly laid down in the verse quoted above, and in a number of others to the same effect, that a religion which claims to have originated from God, and then ' for hundreds of years endures in the world, giving light to thousands, cannot, in reason, be adjudged false; and it was on this basis that the Promised Messiah held that Krishna, Ramachandara, and Budha were in truth the Prophets of God. . No one would venture to say that to speak falsehood in regard to God can be held to be a beneficial course. Falsehood is undoubtedly injurious for man, and it is out of the question that it should be allowed to take firm ron this world. Allah never leaves a false claimant without due punishment. . Therefore, if there is a successful movement which endures in the world, it will be taken to mean that it brought for mankind a beneficial message. . Only a fool would think that even a false person and a liar could bring a message of spiritual benefit, to last in the world: no sane man would care to put up this assumption. . The Two Ways of Reform: War and Peace. The other principle found operating in the world is that reform or reconstuction takes place either through or peaceful penetration and replacement. Either war.