Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 193
prayers, contain an allusion, and to this time of tribulation that the prophecy contained in the words: \^> ; ) -'L^ ) ^. ^ ^ \tfi*$ } U* ) /y^ ->? &* f^ ^ &*** J (J* a ^ cH ) v^. J J (^** [ ^ aK-;; J-jJ "God is He who sent His messenger with the guidance and the true faith so that He may ultimately (i e. , m the time of the Promised Mes- siah) make it victorious over all other religions. " Again, the verse ^. j& tJ 4J. U ) 5 /^J J UJ. jj ^ U I "Verily We sent down the Holy Quran, and verily We will be its guardians," also refers to the time of the Promised Messiah for as it speaks of the sending down of Revelation which was effected through the Holy Prophet, it also speaks of guarding the revealed word from its enemies when it would be in danger of being brought to extinction, which is the function of the Promised Messiah. Here I have briefly pointed out the verses in which the advent of the Promised Messiah is indicated, either in plain words or by way of allusion, as a detailed proof would not have suited the. limits of a lecture. This is a sufficient proof for any one who seeks an evidence of my claim in the Holy Quran in the same manner in which he seeks an evidence of the claim of the Holy Prophet or Jesus Christ in the previous books. So if these prophecies, are not regarded as sufficient, it must also be admitted that there is no prophecy in the Taurat concerning the appearance of Jesus or our Holy Prophet, for if the words of the former prophecies are