Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 235
235 A Standing Miracle of Islam in support of the Proof that Islam is the only true and Living: Religion on earth. THE HOLY PROPHET MAHOMMAD PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF GOD BE ON HIM SAYS :- ;" Verily Qod shaft raise for my followers at the beginning of every century a man who shaH revive their religion for them. " (None of the Religions on earth possesses such an exceptional Divine Blessing. ) Of all the 'religions prevalent in the world, Islam is the only religion which is free from every error. The erroneousness of other creeds cannot, however, be traced to their very beginning but is due to the fact that since the time that Islam was esta- blished upon earth, heavenly assistance has not been vouchsafed to other religions. They have, therefore, become like the garden which has no gardener, no one to tend or cultivate or water it. Errors have gradually crept into them and they have become corrupt. Tne trees that yielded fruit have all withered away and dried up and thorny bushes and pernicious shrubs have grown up in their place. Spirituality which is the root of reli- gions has vanished away and nothing has remained in the hands of their followers except vapid wards. The life and the spirit are gone for ever and they have never been re-animated. But Islam has not been brought to this condition. As Almighty God