The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 210
210. Essence of Islam-IV the attention of such people, it has become necessary to call for their testimony on oath. . O leaders of the faith, the task which I urge you to perform in the name of Allāh, glorified be His name, is that at a time of error and disorder and at the beginning of the fourteenth century, God Almighty has sent this humble one as a Reformer for the reformation of the people. As the great evil of this century, which has done great harm to Islam, was the mischief of the. Christian ministers, God Almighty has named this humble one the Promised Messiah. . . I was sent at the beginning of the fourteenth century and God has furnished me with a heavenly weapon whereby I should break the religion of the cross, but it is a pity that the short-sighted divines of this country have not accepted me and have put forward silly excuses, which have been repelled from every point of view. . . Allāh, the Glorious has shown many signs in testament of my claim. He has caused the eclipses of the sun and the moon in the month of Ramadan to testify to the truth of my claim, and has given me victory against my opponents in a miraculous manner in every field of contest. He has also shown many other signs which are set out in detail in Sirāj-e-Munir and other books. . Despite the testimony of the Qur'ān and the Aḥādīth and the testimony of reason and heavenly signs, my cruel opponents did not refrain from their hostility and still continue to deny me with the help of all kinds of imposture. Therefore, for the sake of carrying the matter to a definitive conclusion, I have