Ahmadiyyat or The True Islam — Page 22
22 Again, he says that he has been sent to attract men 'to truth in all things relating to belief, morals, knowledge and conduct, in such manner that they should gain special strength in all these matters. ' 7 Again, he says, that one of his sons shall be the liberator of captives, that is to say, nations, classes and countries, oppressed by other nations, classes and states, shall through him, be released from the bonds of tyr- anny and shall obtain their freedom, and God shall remove their difficulties and shall confer on them a life of peace and comfort. Again, he says that it is his duty, firstly, 'to demonstrate the truth of Islam to all nations,' secondly, 'to present to the world the true and unalloyed teachings of Islam, which are full of truth and spiritual- ity, free from all false interpretations and irrelevent interpolations,' and thirdly, 'to bestow the light of faith on all those who, from among the nations of the earth, should be eager in their search for it. ' From all this it would appear that his mission was to preach the perfect Unity of God, to establish virtue and righteousness, to restore to the hearts of mankind the fear of God, to strengthen the relationship between man and his Maker, to lead men out of doubt and dark- ness into the certainty of faith, and to restore peace and calm to troubled hearts, to open the gates of spiritual knowledge, to find a solution for moral, spiritual, intel- lectual and practical difficulties, to relieve and succour the oppressed through heavenly means, to restore the 7 Review of Religions, Vol. 1, p. 3.