Ahmadiyya Movement — Page 67
67 The first portion of the verse refers to the fact that the Promised Messiah had from the earliest days devoted himself to matters spiritual, and after his father’s death he left the whole of the ancestral estate in the hands of his brother, who used to provide for his needs. Is there a single instance in the world of a movement which has made such rapid and surprising progress in the face of the dif- ficulties and under the circumstances detailed above, whose progress had been so clearly foretold by its founder ? Religions have flourished and have had to contend with diffi- culties, but none of them whether true or false, has attained such success as has been attained by the in the face of difficulties such as this Movement has had to contend against. The Movement is still in its infancy, and that which has been achieved so far is only the shadow of that which is coming. The world will see and many of you that are present here will see that millions and millions of men in Europe and America will accept the Promised Messiah and will exclaim, “Blessed is he who came in the name of the Lord,” and those who refuse to accept him shall continue to await the second advent of the Messiah, and their hopes shall one after another end in disap- pointment, till, overcome by despair, they shall turn to him, and, before three hundred years, according to the years of a hireling, have passed, the greater portion of the world shall have accepted Ahmadiyyat and the feet of the Moslems will be planted higher than ever on the minaret of glory. Besides this the Promised Messiah has shown hundreds of thousands of signs whereby the dead have been brought to life, the deaf have heard, the blind have seen, the lame have walked, the lepers have been cleansed, and those who were possessed have been made whole and have become like humble children in the presence of God. The signs shown by him relate to heavenly bodies, to the atmosphere of the earth, to subterranean condi-