The Advent of the Promised Messiah — Page 3
3 in the past. In former times, many of the elect to whom Allah Almighty had disclosed this truth, did believe in the death of Jesus. However, there is another purpose for which Allah the Exalted has established this community. It is true that the removal of the miscon- ception relating to the life of the Messiah was also one of the great objectives of establishing this community, but God Almighty has not raised me for this task alone. In fact, many errors had arisen such that if Allah Almighty had not established a community and ap- pointed someone to rectify them, the world would have perished and Islam would have been annihilated completely! We can describe this question in another way: what is the purpose of my advent? The death of Jesus and the life of Islam are two issues which are very closely intertwined. The issue relating to the death of the Messiah has, in this age, become vital for the life of Islam. This is because the disorder resulting from the alleged life of the Messiah has become immensely widespread. In order to substantiate that the Messiah is alive, one may perhaps argue as to whether Allah Almighty is powerful enough to have taken him alive to heaven.