Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 245
246: he overcomes all difficulties and vanquishes his enemies, and the rays of the light of his: truth are made to pierce into the world by a powerful hand. When Almighty God sees that the earth has rejected him, He commands the holy host of heaven to bear testimony to his truth. Therefore a clear and bright testimony comes down for his sake from heaven in the form of extraordi- nary heavenly signs, acceptance of prayer and the disclosure through him of deep religious truths and verities. This heavenly testimony gives sight to the blind, and hearing to, the deaf, and the power of speech to the dumb. There are' many who are drawn at that time to the truth; but blessed are they who accept him previously, for they on account of their strength of faith are granted the dignity of the siddiqs (the truthful servants of God). But this is the Grace of God, and He bestows it upon ; whom He wills. To complete the ^argument that Islam is a living religion, I deem it my bounden duty to state further that finding the world involved in utter darkness and^ plunged in the depth of ignorance remissuess, unbelief and is/m*&, and finding faith, sincerity and righteousness vanishing away, Almighty God has raised me to re-establish in the. world the purity of doctrine and -practice, and the purity of morals and faith, and to save Islam from the hostile attacks of those who with the weapons of a false philosophy and science, lawlessness, atheism, etc. , are trying to damage this im- pregnable rock. It was exactly the time when Islam stood in need of heavenly assistance, and this Almighty God has vouch- safed by raising me. The general prevalence of error, which is to be witnessed in ; this agej has taken- place in fulfilment of the prophecies relating to the appearance of the anti-Christ, as fore- told by the prophets, of God. Tne basis of these errors has been laid by Christianity, which inculcates the most fatal error. It