Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 117
117 obedience to which she did Dot care a bib for her people. Alas for the unfortunate Muhamrnadan nation, that it does not enjoy that favor in the sight of God which the women of earlier nations did ! It is not then " the best nation" (as it has been described by the Holy Quran) but the worst and the most ignorant nation. Khizr was not a messenger of God and yet- the Word of God revealed to him was not doubtful, for hecould not have proceeded to take, the life of a child on its strength on a contrary supposition. ' The revelation of God to the companions of the Prophet to wash his holy body was also certain, for had it been doubtful they could not have proceeded to act upon it. Though a person may deny my revelation on account of his blindness, yet if he is a Muharnrnadan and not an Athiest in secret;, he must adhere to the belief that the doors of a certain Divine revelation are open for Muhammadans. He must believe that as many men and wo- men in the former nations enjoyed the favor of being receptacles of the sure Word of God though they were not prophets, the presence of a similar Divine revelation is necessary among the Muhammadans, so that instead of being the most excellent nation they may not prove the most despised of all. Almighty God has, therefore, brought into existence this new dispensation in the last ages that it may be a perfect type of the Divine dealings with His servants in the* former ages. These are not matters to wonder at. No man can ever attain to true salvation unless he is either directly favored with the Word of God, with clear and decisive Words of Divine origin and. -authority precluding every possibility of doubt, or are closely ; connected with such a receptacle of Divine revelation by inviol- able ties of faith and fidelity. It is evident that the prevalence of sin in the world is due to the absence of that certainty in matters relating to a life beyond the grave as exists in the case of temporal