The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page 51
Status of the Promised Messiahas 51 of the great Propheta, who was the Chief of Messengers and the Crown of all Prophets. If the other. Messengers are Hamid 2, he is Aḥmad", and if they are Mahmud 28 he is Muḥammad sa 29 [Brāhin-e-Aḥmadiyyah, Rūḥānī Khaza'in, vol. 1, pp. 593-594, sub-footnote 3]. Christians were proclaiming aloud that Jesus, on account of his nearness to God and on account of his high status, has no equal. Now God has proclaimed that He has created his parallel who is even better than him and is Ghulām Aḥmad, i. e. , the servant of. Aḥmad [the Holy Prophetsa]. . Life-giving is the cup of Ahmadsa;. What a dear name is the name Aḥmadsa. . There are hundreds of thousands of Prophetsas;. But, by God, the highest status that of Ahmada. . I have tasted of the fruit of the orchard of Ahmada;. My garden is the word of Ahmadsa. . Talk no more of the son of Maryas!. Better than him is the servant of Aḥmad³a. . These are no idle or poetic thoughts, but are facts. If your experience tells you that I do not enjoy greater. Divine support than the Messiah son of Maryas, then you can count me a liar. God has decreed so, not for my own sake, but for the sake of His Propheta, who has been greatly wronged. [Dāfe'-ul-Balā, Rūḥānī Khazā'in, vol. 18, pp. 240-241] 26 He who praises Allāh. [Publisher] 27 He who praises Allāh to the ultimate point. [Publisher] 28 One deserving praise. [Publisher] 29. One deserving the ultimate praise. [Publisher]