Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 217
217 the matter still more plain, there will ba an extra-ordinary in- crease in the number of my followers owing to the plague, this clearly establishing that it is a sign from heaven in rny support. People should not wonder at the disclosure of this secret of the future. Almighty God has more then ten thousand times revealed to rne such secrets and about 150 of these have been collected in a book shorily to be published. There is not a single one of my prophecies which has not already been fulfilled either wholly or in part. Their fulfilment has been as 'clear as daylight and there are thousands of witnesses for them- They have not a single parallel in history except in the life of our Holy Prophet, People shall soon see how the face of Almighty God is revealed and how He comes near, as if He had come down from heaven. He kept Himself hidden from the world for a long time. He was denied but He has been still and has refrained Himself. But now He shall no more hide His face and this generation shall see His wondrous deeds which their forefathers had never seen. All this shall be because the earth is filled with iniquity and people have no faith in the Maker of earth and heavens. On their lips are professions of faith but their hearts are utter strangers to it. Therefore God Almighty has wished to create a new earth and a new heaven. What is that new earth and what is that new heaven? By the new earth are meant the regenerate hearts which have been purified by God's own hand, which have been manifested by God and which shall manifest God's glory. By the new heaven are meant the signs which God is showing to the world through His servant. But alas ! the world only oppose this new mani- festation of God's glory. They have nothing but tales to rely upon ; the God that they worship is an image of their own desires and passions; their hearts have lost all zeal for truth,