Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 141
THE RENAISSANCE OF ISLAM 141 of God which is free from every suspicion of paganism and which has completely disappeared. All this will be accomplished not through my power, but through the Power of Him Who is the God of heaven and earth [Lecture Lahore, p. 47]. God has sent me into the world so that through gentleness, kindness and meekness, I should draw towards God and His Holy Guidance such people as are involved in error and should make them tread along the path of righteousness to the light which has been bestowed upon me. Man stands in need of such reasoning as would convince him that God exists, inasmuch as a great part of the world is being driven to ruin for lack of faith in the existence of God Almighty and His revealed Guidance. There is no clearer and easier way of believing in the existence of God than that He reveals to His special servants that' which is hidden and will come to pass in the future. He discloses to those who are close to Him the hidden secrets which it is beyond the power of human intellect and faculties to discover. There is no way for man to be enlightened through his own efforts about the secrets of the future, which are beyond the reach of hu~an faculties, especially those matters which are related to the exercise of Divine power and command. God, of His beneficence, has chosen me out of the whole world so that through manifestations of His Signs He should bring back to the right path those who have gone astray [Tiryaqul Quloob, p. 13 ]. In aqdition to the natural resemblance which this humble one possesses to other great ones which is set out in detail in Braheen Ahmadiyya, I have a special resemblance to Jesus, on account of which I have been sent with his name so that I should demolish the doctrine of the cross. I have been sent to break the cross and to slaughter the swine. I have descended from heaven with angels on my right and left whom God, Who is ever with me, will cause to enter, and indeed is already causing to enter, into every eager heart for the achievement of my purpose. Even if I were to remain silent and my pen were to refrain from writing, the angels that have descended with me would not stop their function. They have been furnished with powerful maces with which to break the cross and to demolish the temple of the worship of creatures [Pateh Islam, p. II, footnote]. God Almighty desires to draw all those souls to His Unity who are scattered throughout the earth, whether in Europe or Asia,