Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 395
395 Islam. It is nob the things of this Earth that I speak of, because I arn not of this Earth. I say only what God has put in my mouth. The people of this Earth may be thinking that Chirsti- anity or Buddhism will be future religion of the world, but they are mistaken. It should be remembered that nothing happens on this Earch until it is decreed on heaven. So ths God of heaven informs me that at last the religion of Islam will conquer the hearts. In this contest for religion, I am commanded by God to sound a note of warning for all seekers after truth. I am like a man who gives notice of a band of raiders that intend to attack a village unawares* He who hearkens to his voice saves his property from the ravages of the robbers, but he who turns a deaf ear to his warning is plundered. There are two classes of robbers in our time. There are some of them that attack us from without, and there are others that attack us from within, but only he is robbed who does not put this property in a secure place. To-day the only place where one's property of faith will be safe from the hands of the robbers is a knowledge of the excel- lences, the spiritual power and the living miracles of Islam and a recognition of the man that has been deputed to act as the shep- herd of the flock of Islam. The old wolf is still living, it is not dead, and it will certainly carry away the sheep which goes astray from the flock. ''0 servants of God, you know that when rain does not fall for a long time and a long draught sets in, the result is that even the wells begin to dry in the end. So just as in the physi- cal world rain from heaven stirs up the waters of the earth, simi- larly in the spiritual world the heavenly water (viz. , Divine reve- lation,) refreshes the wits of man. And this age stood in urgent need of this spiritual water.