Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 317
317 cognise the true Messenger of God at once. Thus recognising him, they are nofc deterred from accepting him by vanity or a false position in society. Wnen they see that a Prophet has risen at the proper time after the manner of the by gone Pro- phets and just in time, that there is a way for his recognition as a true Messenger of God, that he is granted Divine assistance and walks in purity and righteousness, and that judged by the standard of the Divine laws prevailing with respect to prophets his words and deeds are not open to any. objection, they have no hesitation or scruples in submitting to him. For such. Almighty : God manifests the signs of His mercy, and being strengthened in faith by association with a righteous servant of God, andr wit- nessing a : holy transformation, they constantly see fresh signs of God. Every new truth revealed by God, every subtle point dis- 'closed, every assistance granted from heaven, and every. com- munication of a future event is for them a sign,: and on account of the fineness of their perception, they are able do discover^ with minuteness, every assistance which is granted by r; Almighty: <God to His holy ones ; and thus see the subtle signs which are. bid- den from the eyes of the masses. In apposition to these is another class of men who have no share in the signs of mercy displayed by God. These are the opposers of the Prophets of God. The; people of Noah and the people of Lot did not benefit by any sign, of mercy until they were destroyed by the wrat. h of God, the one. by being, drowned in. a flood, and the other by a severe shock of earthquake and by the raining down of stones upon them. I see that the majority of this generation resemble the. people of Noah; Long since two signs appeared for rne on the -heavens' in. . accordance with a prophecy handed down to later generations Jby the descendants of. the Holy. Prophet. This