The Essence of Islam – Volume IV

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 96

96. Essence of Islam-IV. Prophet has directed that every Muslim should accept him and should help him. [Ã'īna-e-Kamālāt-e-Islam, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 5, p. 303]. Blessings of Accepting the. Promised Messiahas. He who accepts me accepts afresh all the Prophets as and their miracles, and he who does not accept me will lose his earlier faith also, for he possesses only tales and no personal experience. I reflect the image of God. He who comes to me and accepts me will see afresh the God concerning Whom other people have only tales to tell. I believe in the God Whom those who deny me do not recognize. I state truly that what they believe in are the idols of their imagination and not God. That is why those idols cannot help them, cannot give them any strength, cannot bring about a pure transformation in them, and cannot show them any supporting signs. [Nūzul-ul-Masīḥ, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 462-463]. I am the light for this age of darkness. He who follows me will be saved from those pits and ditches which Satan has prepared for those who walk in darkness. God has sent me so that I should guide the world affably and peacefully towards the true God and that I should re-establish the moral conditions among the Muslims. For the satisfaction of the seekers after truth, He has bestowed heavenly signs upon me and has shown wonderful works in my support and has disclosed to me hidden matters and secrets of