Why Islam is my choice — Page vi
iv Why Islam is My Choice Remember, that no one will descend from heaven. All our opponents who are alive today will die and no one will see Jesus Son of Mary descending from heaven. Then their next generation will pass away and no one of them will see this spectacle. Then generation next after that will pass away without seeing the Son of Mary descending from heaven. Then God will make them anxious that though the time of the supremacy of the cross had passed away and the world had undergone great changes, yet the son of Mary has not descended from heaven. Then the wise people will suddenly discard this belief. The third century after today will not yet have come to a close when those who hold this belief, weather Muslims or Christians, will lose all hope and will give up this belief in disgust. There will then be one religion that will prevail in the world and only one leader. I have come only to sow the seed, which has been sown by my hand. Now it will sprout and grow and flourish, and no one can arrest its growth. Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, Promised Messiah and Mahd ī (peace be on him), R ūḥā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Vol. 20, p. 65. People of the world may be inclined to think that it is Christianity which may ultimately spread throughout the world, or it may be Buddhism which will prevail in the end. But they are certainly wrong in these conjectures. Remember that nothing happens on this Earth unless it has been so willed in Heaven. And, it is God of Heaven who revealed to me that ultimately it will be the religion of Isl ā m which will conquer the hearts of people. Ḥ a ḍ rat Mirz ā Ghul ā m A ḥ mad, Promised Messiah and Mahd ī (peace be on him), (R ūḥā n ī Khaz ā ’in, Vol. 21, (Brah ī n-i-A ḥ madiyyah, Part 5), p 427)