Tadhkirah — Page 275
1892 275 1892 (A) It has been disclosed to me through a vision that Hadrat ‘Is a as [Jesus] was apprised of the poisonous doctrines which have spread in the world through the Christians and thereby his soul was moved towards his spiritual descent upon the earth and, being deeply affected by the determination of his followers upon self-ruin, he desired a substitute who should resemble him and should be possessed of the same nature as himself as if he was the same. So God, according to His promise, bestowed upon him one who resembled him and upon this one descended the resolve and qualities and spirituality of Mas ih [Messiah]. He and Messiah as were firmly bonded together as if the two were fashioned from the same essence and the attention of Mas ih made the heart of the other his own resting place so that he might fulfil his urge through him. In this manner he took on the identity of Mas ih and the fervent designs of Mas ih as descended upon him by virtue of which his coming was metaphorically described in the revelations as the coming of Mas ih. [ A’i na-e-Kam ala t-e-Isl a m , pp. 254–255, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 5, pp. 254–255] (B) As it has been disclosed to me through visions, the soul of Hadrat Mas ih as [Messiah] was in travail on account of the falsehoods that had been attributed to him in this age, and fervently desired the descent to the earth of one spiritually his like and he supplicated God Almighty to that effect. So God Almighty responded to his agitation and sent his like into the world so that the promise, already made, should be fulfilled…. The soul of Hadrat Mas ih , peace be upon him, had two occasions to demand a substitute. The first was six hundred years after his death. This was when the Jews insisted more than ever that he was an impostor and a liar and that his birth was illegitimate and that is why he died on the cross. On the other hand, the Christians