The Reality of Khilafah — Page 96
SIRRUL-KHILAFAH— 96 He would send a man in this age who would reform transgressors and present comprehensive and convincing proofs to counter those who utter falsehood. God’s plan required that He name this Messenger as ‘ I s a , for he would come to reform the Christians, and also to name him Ahmad after the Holy Prophet s as , for he was also to reform the Muslims. He thus caused him to follow in the footsteps of ‘ I s a and Ahmad. This is why He gave him these two names and caused him to drink from both their hands. He made him such that he would shoulder the pain and agony of the believers and put an end to the onslaught of the Christians. In the eyes of Allah, he is ‘ I s a from one perspective and Ahmad from another. Forego, therefore, the ways of dissent and avoid discord and misguidance. Accept the truth and do not try to conceal it. The Holy Prophet s as described him as having the attributes of the Messiah and thus called him ‘ I s a , but he also described him as having some of his own blessed attributes and named him Ahmad in his own likeness. You must know that he acquired these two names because of his complete focus upon these two groups of people. The people of heaven called him ‘ I s a due to his inclination towards and concern for the reform of the Christians, and they also called him Ahmad due to his greater inclination towards the followers of the Holy Prophet s as and his anguish over their dissension and destitution. You must know that the Promised ‘ I s a is Ahmad, and the Promised Ahmad is ‘ I s a. Do not, then, ignore this great secret. Do you not see the ills that have befallen us due to the Christian nations? Do you not see that our people have tarnished the path of virtue and faith, with most of them embracing the ways of Satan until their light became as feeble as a firefly’s and their divines became akin to a