Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 207
207 can be pointed out which can disprove my claim to the office of a * Prophet. It should, moreover, he borne in mind that in prophe- cies containing a threatening of punishment, it is not obligatory upon God to carry out His threat. It k admitted on all hands v that repentance and prayer avert the punishment. Had such not been the case, prayers and the deeds of charity which are generally resorted to by men at the time of Divine visitations, wouid have been perfectly useless. The well-known prophecy of Jonah also supports this position. . Now I close this lecture, and thank God that He has enabled me to finish it in spite of my weakness and illness, and I pray that by these words, He may lead many a man out of darkness and error, ! and guide him into light and truth I pray also that as He has brought about this gathering of various people, He may also ordain that accepting the true guidance they may all love each other and be united by ties of affection. May He cause the wind of guidance to blow in all quarters ! May He cause heavenly light to descend from above, for without the light of heaven, the eye cannot see! May He create the air of guidance from the unseen, for without air, the ear cannot hear! Who can come to us, but he whom God Himself may draw? But He is drawing many men, and there are many more still whom He will draw. He will unlock many a heart and open it for the reception of truth. The death of Jesus is the door to my claim. \j It is the foundation and my claim is the superstructure. Almighty God has Himself fortified this basis, and the Holy Prophet protects it against every attack. Almighty God has testified to it by His | Word and the Holy Prophet by his deed. God has told us in the Holy Quran that Jesus died, and the Holy Prophet saw in his famous vision of night-journey that Jesus was included among the prophets who had died. But there are men he do