Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 15
15 the promised Prophet of every nation and was appointed to collect all mankind under the banner of one faith. In him were centred the hopes and expectations of all nations; he is the dome of peace under which every nation may worship its Maker; he is the opening through which all nations may obtain a vision of their Lord; and he is the centre at which meet all the radii of the circle. It is ordained, therefore, that the world shall find peace and rest only through him. Being a Persian by race he was the promised one of the Zoroastrians; being an Indian by birth he was the promised one of the Hindus; being a Muslim by faith he was the promised one of the Muslims; and having come in the spirit and power of Jesus as , bringing remedies for the reformation of the social evils prevailing in Christian countries— evils, which have laid an intolerable burden on the backs of the Christian nations—having been born under a Christian Government, and also having defended the honour of Jesus as against the attacks which have been levelled at it for hundreds of years, he was entitled to be recognized as the promised one of the Christians. All prophecies of previous Prophets were ful- filled in his person and at his hands. When the time for the fulfilment of these prophecies drew near, God informed him of it and thus showed that in him alone were these prophecies to be fulfilled. It had been said that the promised one would appear in the East and so it came to pass. 4 Similarly, it had been said that before the coming of the Messiah false prophets would appear and 4 St. Matthew (24:27) and Isaiah (41:2).