The Victory of Islam — Page 53
H H A A D D R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD R AT M IR Z A GHU L A M AH M AD 53 teacher of faith who arose 1,400 years after Moses, at a time when the spiritual state of the Jews had become extremely weak. As a consequence of their weakness of faith, they were entangled in all the evils that are, in fact, the branches of faithlessness. So, when a period of nearly 1,400 years had similarly elapsed for this ummah from the time of the ministry of its Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, then the very evils that had developed in the Jews had also developed within the Muslims in abundance so that the prophecy about them may be fulfilled. Consequently, God Almighty, out of His absolute omnipotence, also sent a teacher of faith to them in the likeness of the Messiah. The Messiah who was to come is this very person [addressing you]. Accept him if you will. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. This is the work of God Almighty and it is peculiar in the eyes of people. Should anyone reject it, then [be forewarned that] the right - eous of yore had also been rejected. John [the Baptist], or Yahya, who was the son of Zachariah, was not at all accepted by the Jews even though the Messiah had testified regarding him that he was the very one who had been ‘raised to Heaven’ and whose subse - quent ‘descent from Heaven’ was promised in the holy scriptures. God Almighty constantly makes use of metaphors and assigns the name of one upon another in reference to nature, quality, and capacity. He who has a heart similar to Abraham’s heart is Abraham in the estimation of God, and he who has the heart of Umar F a r u q is Umar F a r u q in the estimation of God. Do you not read the hadith that if this ummah, too, has a Mu h addath with whom God Almighty speaks, then he is Umar? Now, does this hadith mean that Mu h addathiyyat [receiving