A Present to Kings — Page 41
( 41 ). THE PROMISED REFORMER OF THE PRESENT AGE. . Now, when on the one hand it is established that Islam is a living faith and that it is incumbent that a reformer should appear in it at the commencement of every century, there being a promise made by God to that effect in the Holy Quran, and when on the other hand it appears that the present age stands in need of such a reformer who can eradicate its evils and re-establish the faith of Islam and overthrow its foes and rectify what has gone wrong with it in matters both internal and external, then the question arises, Where is the reformer who has been raised by God at the commencement of the current century. In answer to this question let me convey to. Your Highness the gladsome news that we too in this age through the mercy of God have not been deprived of this blessing and that God has out of His grace raised at the commencement of this century a mighty man who in his grandear is superior to, and nobler than, all the reformers that have gone before. His name is Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian, who was sent by God to the earth in the rank of the Promised. Messiah and Mahdi, and who discharged his mission and left this world in his appointed time. And it is in reference to his claims that the sign has come to me to deliver to Your. Highness the present message. . THE NEED OF A DIVINE REFORMER. . From what I have said above, it is evident, that at present the condition of Islam is weak to an extent, which is without & parallel in the previous history of the faith, and there have arisen to it so many enemies, both external and internal, that escape from their attacks would be impossible without assistance from heaven. And if God should have made no provision for the removal of these dangers, then the end of Islam would have been no other than ruin, because now human means can avail nothing, when the doctor and the patient are alike infected and the learned and the mystic, the rich and the poor are equally indifferent to, and unaffected