Claims and Teachings - Ahmad The Promised Messiah and Mahdi — Page 73
tians in unduly exalting Jesus, but also revealed the true dignity , of him whose servant appears as the- Messiah of the last' ages. Another reason why the last Messiah is raised from among the Muslims is that Islam is a living' religion whose blessings shall -not be intercepted to the day of Judgment It shows how great is the sanctifying power of our Holy Prophet that his spirituality has^not ceased to cast its wholesome influence upon his followers even after thirteen hundred years " (Vol. TV R. R. 1905) One God one Prophet and one Faith, It (Quran) says : y>. & \* &* ^ I**" I & &1y " There is n6 people among whom a warner has not been sent ; " and again <**AJj u^lfM ^k* \AS^ u i f e%t the Holy Quran contains all v/ the true and sacred scriptures that were revealed before it. These verses show that in the earlier ages Almighty God gave a sepa- rate revelation to every nation which had settled in a different country because the circumstances then necessitated such a course, but that now He wills to make them all one as He is one. To gather all into one fold, He sent the Holy Quran and revealed therein that a time, shall come when He shall make all people one nation, and all countries one land and all languages one language. Now we see that the world is making on approach to this state and the relations between different countries are fast strengthening. The means of travelling have been extremely faciliated, and the interchange of ideas between far and distant lands has become very easy. The union of different nations has ',/ been rendered possible by free and easy intercourse. The construc- tion of railways is deemed to reader if possible for a person, to travel round the world in forty days. The communication of messages has been rendered easy to a degree which passes belief. From this it appears that it is the will of God to make all people one nation as they were one in the beginning, so that the circle v