Claims of the Promised Messiah (as) — Page 2
[ 2 ] published by the government of Pakistan. For today’s sermon as well, I have chosen to respond to a few more allegations. The government of Pakistan alleges: Mirz a Sahib makes a strange claim saying his spiritual status is higher than the previous Prophets. In sup- port of this, we [the government of Pakistan] present the following from Mirz a Sahib ’s writings: The Promised Messiah who God has sent in this ummah is far superior to the Messiah of the past. I swear in the Name of the Being in Whose Hands is my life that if the Messiah (Jesus, Son of Mary) would have come in this age, he would not be able to do the work that I can, nor would he be able to show the signs that are appearing through me. ( H aq i qat-ul- Wa hyi , p. 153) I have been given the names of all past Proph- ets. As stated in Br a h i n-e-Ahmadiyyah , God has called me Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Ishmael, Moses, David, Jesus son of Mary, and Muhammad peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, meaning that I have come in their spirit. For me, it is stated: that is, the ‘Champion of God, in the mantle of Prophets’. So, it was necessar y that attributes of all the Prophets be found in me. ( Tatimmah H aq i qat-ul-Wa hyi , p. 84)