Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 271
271 the Lord of eftrth and heavens, has revealed this to me. He has told me not on one occasion but repeatedly, that I am Krishna for the Hindus and the Promised Messiah for the Muharnrnadans and the Christians. I know that ignorant Muharnmadans will at once exclaim upon hearing this that I have become a plain unbeliever and heretic on account of my having adopted the name of an unbeliever, as they think the Holy Krishna to be, but this is a revelation of God which I cannot but announce, and this is the first day that I announce this claim in such a large gathering, for those who come f rorn God do not fear being blamed or reviled. Now Eaja Krishna as revealed to me was so great and perfect a man that his equal is not to be found among the Hindu Hishis and Avatar* He was an Avatar or Prophet of his time and he received the holy spirit from God. He was granted triumph and victory from God and cleansed the Arya Varta of sins. He was true Prophet of his time, but many errors were introduced into his teachings afterwards. His heat overflowed with the love of^God and he loved virtue and hated evil. Almighty God had promised to raise a spiritual manifesta- tion of him in the last ages, and He has now fulfilled this promise through me. One of my revelations on this point is : A \JS o^ J e/-" ^ V* ^-?j$ J ^/ ; ;; e/^/ A. "0 Krishna, destro- yer of the wicked, and upholder of the meek, thy praise has been written in the Gita. " I love Krishna for I appear as his image. The two attributes of Krishna who is described in this revelation as the destroyer of evil and upholder of the poor and the rneek, are exactly the same as those, of the Promised Mes- siah. Thus spiritually Krishna and Promised Messiah are one and the same person, there being no difference except that which exists in the terminology of the two people, the Hindus and the Mahomedans.