Ahmadiyyat - The Renaissance of Islam — Page 294
294 AHMADIYY AT Thus, promised ones will appear in their due times according to the promise of God Almighty. What I wish to say today is that the prophecy of the Promised Messiah, peace be on him, which was rev~aled to him at Hoshiar- pur in the building in front of us, in which he announced in this city and concerning which he said that the Promised Son would be born within nine years, has been fulfilled in my person, and no one else can claim that he is the subject of the prophecy. In the end he said: I draw the attention of those who have not yet joined the Movement to the fact that we are carrying the message of Islam to the. ends of the earth, in the West and in the East. We earnestly wish that you should reflect on the significance of the Movement and should take advantage of the signs of God Almighty that have already been manifested. . . . It is our duty to put forth every effort for the propagation of this message and we shall continue to discharge this duty. You should not be misled into thinking that you can stop the divine decree from being fulfilled. It is bound to be fulfilled one day and this Movement will spread all over the earth. There is no one who can obstruct the spread of this Movement. I call upon heaven to bear witness and call upon the earth to bear witness and call upon every brick of Hoshiarpur to bear witness that this Movement is bound to spread. If the hearts of the people are hard, angels will massage them with their hands till they are softened and no course is left open to them except to join the Ahmadiyya Movement. In the meeting in Lahore on 12 March 1944, which was attended not only by a large number of the members of the Ahmadiyya Movement but also by thousands of non- Ahmadi Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs and Christians, the Khalifa- tul Masih observed, in the course of his speech: Who can say on his own that a son would surely be bestowed upon him, who can say that such a son would live and grow up, who can say that he would become the leader of a community, who can say that he would become known unto the ends of the earth? Most certainly no one can say these things on his own. . . . In short, the fresh evidence of the support of God Almighty has proved once more that this Movement has been established by God and enjoys His help and support. Today, the prophecy made through the