Signs of the Living God — Page 20
Hazrat Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmud Ahmad 20 can claim these prophecies are a later invention. Not only were they published in the presence of friends and foes alike before the occurrence of their foretold events, but God Almighty has constituted another measure by which to establish the truth of their prior publication. Meaning to say, the Promised Messiah as lived under the authority of a government—the British—which professed a foreign religion and according to their regulations a copy of each and every book, periodical, essay or advertisement is filed with the [relevant] government department at the time of its publication. As a result, one can easily determine whether these prophecies were published beforehand by referring back to the official archives. This method of verification is one that cannot be controverted. Thus in the face of such clear and insurmountable signs and proofs, how can one reject the claims of the Promised Messiah as and accept those of the previous prophets whose prophecies cannot be proven to have been published before the events they foretold , with the exception of the Holy Prophet sa. Further, one need not restrict themselves to those prophecies of the Promised Messiah as which relate to the past. Instead we observe that Allah the Exalted continues to show fresh signs in support of his