Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 134
134 AHMADIYY AT been sufficiently warned of my advent as the Promised Messiah and has become aware of my claim, will be accounta ble to God, for no one can turn away with impunity from those. who have been sent by God. In this situation, I am not the complainant, the complainant is one for whose support I have been sent, that is to say, Muhammad, the chosen one, peace be on him. He who does not accept me, does not disobey me but disobeys him who had prophesied my coming [Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 187]. In the beginning I believed that I stood no comparison with the Messiah, son of Mary. He was a Prophet and was a distinguished one from among those who were near to God. Whenever in my revelation something appeared to exalt me above him I interpreted it as partial exaltation. But later Divine revelation which de- scended upon me like plentiful rain, did not permit me to continue to adhere to this belief, and the title of Prophet was clearly bestowed upon me, but with the proviso that I was a Prophet from one point of view and the follower of the Holy Prophet from another point of view. . . . It is to be observed that Jesus, son of Mary, was the last Khalifah of Moses and I am the last Khalifah of the Holy Prophet, who is the best of the Messengers. Therefore God willed that I should not be deficient in any aspect compared with him [Haqeeqatul Wahi, p. 149]. Blessed is he who has recognized me. Of all the paths that lead to God I am the last, and of all his lights, I am the last light. Unfortunate is the one who departs from me, for without me all is darkness [Kashti Nuh, p. 77]. The Christians were proclaiming loudly that Jesus, on account of his nearness to God and on account of his high status was unique, without an equal. Now God has proclaimed that He has created a second Jesus who is better than the first one and who is a servant of Ahmad, peace be on him [Dafeul Balaa, p. 20]. It is set out in true hadees that he who fails to recognize the Imam of his age will die the death of the time of ignorance [Zurooratul Imam, p. 2]. The question remains who is the Imam of the age today who must, under Divine Command, be obeyed by all Muslims, the pious, the recipients of revelation and dreams. I have no hesitation in affirming that I am the Imam of the age. God Almighty has combined all the signs and the conditions of the Imam in my person and has caused me to appear at the beginning of the century.