The Essence of Islam – Volume IV

by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

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The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 30

30. Essence of Islam-IV ders through him until people understand that God exists. I announce openly that if a person, whether. Asian or European, comes to stay in my company, he will soon discover the truth of my statements. [Kitāb-ul-Bariyyah, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 13, p. 18]. Reformer of the Fourteenth Century. When the thirteenth century drew to a close and the beginning of the fourteenth century approached, I was informed by God Almighty, through revelation that I am the Reformer of the fourteenth century. . I received the revelation: الرَّحْمَنُ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّا أُنْذِرَ أَبَاءُ هُمْ وَلِتَسْتَبِينَ سَبِيلَ الْمُجْرِمِينَ - قُلْ إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ وَ أَنَا أَوَّلُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. That is, God has taught you the Qur'an and has expounded its true meanings to you so that you should warn these people-who through generations of neglect and not having been warned have fallen into error of their evil end, so that the way of those offenders may be made manifest who do not desire to follow the right path after it has been openly declared. Tell them: I have been commissioned by God and am the foremost of believers. [Kitāb-ul-Bariyyah, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 13, pp. 201-202, footnote]. According to His unchanging law that whenever darkness prevails, God Almighty attends to the support of the Muslims and appoints some special