The True Nature of the Mahdi — Page 19
19 reservation that I deny the coming of the Ghazi Mahdi and that of the Ghazi Messiah, even if these words are taken to be amounting to an insult. However, whatever God has disclosed to me, I cannot renounce it. I believe that Islam will progress spiritually, and that the Truth will be propagated through peace and amicability. But the condition of this person is extremely regrettable in that he is constantly changing his personae. He secretly says something to the Mullahs, and quite another thing to the British Government. And then in order to please the Amir of Kabul he expresses beliefs that accord with his wishes. I am certain that he, having traveled to Kabul, posed in front of the Amir as the one whose beliefs will promote his [Amir’s] objectives. Because if the Amir of Kabul is such a person that he becomes instantly ready to kill anyone who holds beliefs contrary to those of his own, then the question arises as to how he [Muhammad Husain] came back unharmed. Can he dare to confess [here in Hindustan] that he has the same beliefs as those of the Amir of Kabul? As for my own beliefs, they are certainly true. Like - wise, they are free from all mischiefs and are blessed in themselves. The wise can realize how fine and good these beliefs of mine are viz. , no such Mahdi or Messiah is to come who would redden the earth with blood and whose