Revival of Religion — Page 14
14 nation thus: 'There has not been a Prophet who was not laughed at. So it was to be that people laugh at the Promised Messiah. The Almighty says: Alas for My servants, there comes not a Messenger to them but they mock at him'. (Holy Quran 36 :31) So it is a sign from God that every prophet is mocked. Now, who can mock a person who physically descends from the heavens in the company of angels amidst a waiting crowd? The wise, therefore, can see that the bodily descent of the Promised Messiah from he aven is false belief. Remember! no one will descend from the sky. All those who oppose me and are now alive will die and not one from amongst them will see Jesus, Son of Mary, descend from heaven. Then their children and their children's children, too, wil l die, and Mary's Son will still not have descended. Then will God fill their hearts with fear that the days of the ascendancy of the Cross are gone and yet Jesus, Son of Mary, has not come down from the heavens. The wise will then tire of this belief. And before three centuries have passed from this day. Muslims and Christians alike will discard this false creed in disgust and despair. Their shall be only one religion in the world and only one Guide. I have come but to sow the seed. This seed has been sown at my hand. It will now grow and bear fruit and there is no power on earth that can harm it. ' (Tazkarat - ul - Shahdatain, p. 64 - 65) Every fair minded person can see from this comparison that the Ahmadiyya view - point is based on the history of religions while the philosophy of its opponents is mythical and contradicts the history of religious revival. We learn from history that