The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 95
Status of the Promised Messiahas كتاب الولى ذو الفقار على 95 i. e. , 'The book of this saint is the Dhulfiqar of 'Alia. The reference here is to myself and, on this account, I have been called Ghāzī² in many visions. [Nishan-e-Asmānī, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 4, p. 375]. If I had made a claim on my own, you would be free to reject me, but if God's Holy Prophet sa bears witness for me in his prophecies and my God Himself manifests His signs in my support, then do not wrong yourselves [by rejecting me]. Do not say that since you are Muslims you do not need to believe in any Messiah. I tell you truly that he who accepts me accepts him who prophesied about me thirteen hundred years ago and pointed out the time and age and the hallmarks of my mission. He who rejects me, rejects him who commanded that I be accepted. [Ayyām-us-Şulḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 14, pp. 328-329]. Promised one of Latter Days. Read the Aḥādīth and you will learn that the one who is to appear in the latter days-when the. Quraish will have lost their sovereignty and the. Muslims will be divided and distraught will be a cultivator. God Almighty has informed me that I am that person. The Aḥādīth clearly state that in the latter days a supporter of the faith and of the Muslims will appear and that he will be a cultivator. The Holy 62 A steadfast participant in an Islamic war. [Publisher]