Barahin-e-Ahmadiyya Part IV — Page xix
Introduction xvii the message of Islam throughout the world is destined to take place through him. He writes: Since Allah the Benevolent has particularly endowed my hum- ble self with special resources and has raised this humble one in an age which is most conducive and helpful in carrying out the service of propagation to its completion, He has also given me the glad tidings—through His grace and beneficence—that from eternity it had been destined that the spiritual fulfilment of the above-mentioned noble verse1 and the verse, 2 َو ُهّٰللا ُّمِتُم ٖهِرْوُن applies to this humble one. God Almighty will Himself con- vey to opponents the reasons, arguments, and everything that this humble one has written for them, and will thus fulfil the meaning of the above-mentioned verse by exposing my oppo- nents’ frustration, confusion, and defeat in this very world. فالحمد لل ّٰ علٰی ذٰلك [So Allah be praised for all this]. ( see p. 377) Establishment of a New Organization and Continuation of His Mission after Him To continue Islam’s spread, the Promised Messiah as received revelations that a movement would be initiated at his hands to fulfil the objective of propagating the Faith: اردت ان استخلف فخلقت اٰدم انی جاعل فی االرض. Meaning that, I decided to appoint a khal i fah [vicegerent] from Myself so I created A dam [Adam]. I will establish in the earth. The last sentence is abbreviated; it means, ‘I am going to 1. This refers to S u rah a s - S aff, 61:10, see page 374. 2. But Allah will perfect His light ( S u rah a s - S aff, 61:9).